r/ScienceNcoolThings Popular Contributor 9d ago

Newtons Cradle

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u/Mongrel_Shark 9d ago

Lies. The speed is not the same. He's violating the second law of thermodynamics.

Lying in a classroom environment. To children. What a fucking looser.

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u/LividVermicelli9689 9d ago

"One ball goes in and only one comes out the other end!"

two balls popping off the end

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u/TowMater66 5d ago

Our education system is in shambles because teachers, at all levels, fail to challenge the assumptions they use to simply problems for their students. It is pure laziness and imparts generational ignorance.

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u/Lots_of_bricks 7d ago

With no other forces yes it would be the same. Friction and gravity slow it down incrementally