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Forces are the only things that can change an object's speed or direction, if both you and the object are in appropriately chosen inertial reference frames.

If you or the object are in a non-inertial frame (or frames), then the object's speed and direction can change with no cause at all. It's like magic. This actually happens in everyday life, in subtle ways, owing to things like the earth's rotation and its revolution around the sun. The effects are small so you don't feel them, but if you watch for a long, long time, you can detect changes of speed and direction that are best explained by these causes that we do not easily perceive.

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