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Newton's Third Law is inviolate, it's another way of saying momentum (both linear and angular) is always and everywhere conserved, no exceptions. This follows from Noether's Theorem, which says that every symmetry in nature leads to a conservation Law. The symmetry that any behavior of nature is...

One critical factor that wasn't mentioned in the article is life form morphology and environment. There is substantial evidence that dolphins may have mental capabilities similar to humans, but they obviously lack functional abilities similar to humans. And it's functional abilities that allow...