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To: koan who wrote (366939)	3/21/2018 9:57:54 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) of 541941

As I keep saying the party has been moving left for two decades and why many wanted Bernie over Hillary. All you are pointing out is the Newton's laws of motion apply to humans in body politics as well as objects in motion. Substitute "social convention" for "motion". Ideas are "forces". I would add that that is especially so when we have the kind of instantaneous, visceral and essentially superficial communications that we currently have through the Internet and Twitter. As the right moves further right, the left moves left in reaction. Oh goody, we're becoming more polarized. What a great thing to celebrate! Newton's first law states that every object will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled to change its state by the action of an external force. This is normally taken as the definition of inertia. The key point here is that if there is no net force acting on an object (if all the external forces cancel each other out) then the object will maintain a constant velocity. If that velocity is zero, then the object remains at rest. If an external force is applied, the velocity will change because of the force. The second law explains how the velocity of an object changes when it is subjected to an external force. The law defines a force to be equal to change in momentum (mass times velocity) per change in time. Newton also developed the calculus of mathematics, and the "changes" expressed in the second law are most accurately defined in differential forms. (Calculus can also be used to determine the velocity and location variations experienced by an object subjected to an external force.) For an object with a constant mass m, the second law states that the force F is the product of an object's mass and its acceleration a: F = m * a For an external applied force, the change in velocity depends on the mass of the object. A force will cause a change in velocity; and likewise, a change in velocity will generate a force. The equation works both ways. The third law states that for every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction. In other words, if object A exerts a force on object B, then object B also exerts an equal force on object A. Notice that the forces are exerted on different objects. The third law can be used to explain the generation of lift by a wing and the production of thrust by a jet engine. grc.nasa.gov

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