
Cosmic Queries – Surviving the Laws of Physics with Steve-O
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Are the Laws of Physics the Natural Law of Cause and Effect?
Is it safe to describe the laws of physics as the natural law of cause and effect? Is there any difference? There are some things that have no obvious cause, like radioactivity. When an element decays from a higher element, for a heavier element to a lighter element, it does it on its own time. We cannot predict when it will happen. It's sitting there, minding its own business, and then body being, it changes. So we're forced to say it just is.
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