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all things in motion
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With no knowledge of much science I was wondering one day, if all things are in constant motion, does that create the motion that we see or in other words does it create the possibility of motion. Along that same line there had to be the first movement to create all movements. and if something created that first movement would every thing be a cause and effect of the first thus ruling out free will, or is there still free will because everything that does move is unpredictable? see my art site!!! Opens up in a new window! |
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very interesting question! it is thought that the universe was very uniform immediately after the big bang. the way that galaxies and stars formed out of that uniform cloud is thought to be due to the random nature of quantum particles. motion of an object can be described as some measure of kinetic energy. it is possible to transform any type of energy into kinetic energy. for example, potential energy of a falling object is transformed into kinetic energy as it falls and picks up speed. similarly, the kinetic energy of a spinning windmill can be transformed into electric energy by a generator. as for free will, that is a very different question. if you have free will, that means that you, the observer, can make changes to which you know the outcome. if you want to pick up a book, you have the free will to do so. one could argue that it was your destiny to pick up the book, and that you had no choice. but that person was not the observer! they had no feeling of choice, they just observed your decision. 
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thank you! I was also wondering if movement like you just explained could be tied in with free will or not. if it is true that the first kenitic movement was by a random particale, it would suppose that all things are random or caotic (misspelled) and we have free will. but my entire idea is flawed and to many holes, but i suppose its interesting see my art site!!! Opens up in a new window! |
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| the question you ask exist on two different planes... I'll try to sort it out... at molecular level, yes, all things is in constant motion, however, at the macro level, well, you can't see them moving, as in well, your computer wouldn't just move about by itself... all motion are governed by laws of physics, therefore they are predictable... however, as for your query of freewill vs fate, well, I must say that this has nothing to do with physics... physics do not state that you must hang upside down or grow warts or well, for an example, pick up a book, so well, if you pick up a book, you can say that it is done by your own free will... |
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first well i must say that actually all movement can be explaned by a definit equation regardles of its complexity, given that theres not random events everything is just the logic consequence of the develompment of that equation across time second is the law of momentum wich say that the sum of all momentum in a closed system is constan this plus the relativity law in wich we can say that all movement is relative to the reference point we can get that probably all matter is in movement with respect to each otheror so i think sorry if this got confusing |