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    Therefore, external resistance can impede or counteract m... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→External resistance can terminate a mover's influence on a movable body

    Therefore, external resistance can impede or counteract motion without terminating the mover's implanted influence, which dissipates on its own terms.

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    • 1.Impetus theory explains projectile motion: objects retain internal force after leaving the mover, gradually dissipating through air resistance.
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    • 2.External obstacles can redirect or slow motion without destroying the mover's initial causal contribution, which persists independently.
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    • 3.Observable phenomena show moving objects maintain momentum despite encountering resistance, suggesting inherent force distinct from continued pushing.
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    • 1.If mover's influence truly dissipates 'on its own terms,' this contradicts the claim that external resistance merely impedes it without affecting its nature.
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    • 2.Modern physics demonstrates motion requires no internal force—objects maintain velocity absent external forces. Positing 'implanted influence' is unnecessary.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'impeded' and 'terminated' motion is unclear; if resistance continuously opposes the influence, the influence is functionally gone.
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