Yes, that's right and it's also why we have invented the tool of probability. If we got a space with clearly defined (physical) laws we will be able to calculate the outcome of such an event. The 2 people will likely be gored to death since we can't imagine as much reasons for a different outcome that are probable and it's also what our experience tells us. However, just take Einstein as an example. He turned the world of physics upside down and shattered pretty much everything physicists saw as the truth back then. The laws have to be correct in order to find truth, but how can we be sure that the laws are always correct?
Is that rhetorical? Ha, it's late.
I mean, it's pretty cliche but "The only constant is change" is what I go with. Or in other words, you can't be sure.
Yes, those two people would be gored to death 99.9% sure. Or if you wanted to choose a similar "certain death" scenario with actual statistics, you could go with people surviving when their parachutes fail. It's a rather small percentage, haha.
But it exists, nevertheless. And if that shit's possible (to survive terminal velocity impact) then how can anything be set in stone?
It can't.
I don't mean to get hippy dippy, actually I do, but there's some Buddhist/Hindi word for spiritual scars, I think it's Saá¹…khÄra?
Anyway, I heard this guru talk about how even stone, when waves wash over it enough, it will smooth. That was the worst Sankara. There were scars made in the sand close to the tide, and scars in the sand far from the tide. And then the scars in the stone.
My point of the story/parable, I bet you were wondering, is that nothing is permanent, buddhism 101, but I think that applies to Laws of Physics/Science. Sure there may be some that are pretty solid, but they do continue to change.