The bullet has no flaws, nor does the armor, and they were both created at the exact same time.
2006-07-26
09:00:44
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if i wanted your smartass answers i would have asked you for them. its a theory, if you cant provide a reasonable answer for a theory, then dont answer the question. yeah, i know its impossible to make to things at the same time, and i know its impossible to create the said objects, but please give some thought and not a retarded answer like, "put on the armor tand shoot yourself with the bullet" yeah thats a gay *** answer and nobody wants to hear your queer remarks.
2006-07-26
10:33:13 ·
update #1
i think i already said, if your gonan be a ********, dont answer the damn question. its just for fun.
2006-07-26
11:29:29 ·
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furthermore, i dont want to know your opinion on my choice in a question. i wanna know what you think is a good answer for the question. and who cares if its a theory or not, you obviously have no life if you want to sit there and tell me what a theory is or not. who gives a ****?!
2006-07-26
11:31:56 ·
update #3
End of the universe
2006-07-26 09:03:38
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answer #1
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answered by Heather 4
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In answering your question I shall only use Newton's laws, and for simplicity let's assume that everything happens in one dimension.
First of all, if the armor stops everything, then suppose some object A heads straight to the armor. Then by saying "the armor stops everything" we are implying that the armor changes A's speed (from it's initial value, whatever it was before the collision with the armor) to zero right after the collision. Since the initial speed of the object is quite arbitrary, we could make it as big as possible (obeying the universal limits of course), hence the force that the armor exerts on objects can be very large. Now, the time of collision may be taken as happening very fast (almost zero), so the force by the armor must be taken as going to infinity so that the product F timesTime remains non zero since that's equal to the change in the object's speed times its mass.
Now, for the bullet, you're saying that the bullet can go through anything. That means that after the bullet colliding with that "anything" it will still propagate with some finite speed. Hence its speed after collision is non-zero. And according to the assumption that this applies to Anything, this would apply even if colliding with the armor. However we saw that from the armor's perspective, all the objects colliding with itself will have a zero final speed. Whereas from the bullet's perspective we saw that it will end up with a non-zero speed after collision. Replace object A by the bullet and we find a contradiction. Hence, this scenario cannot take place. Of course, this was quite obvious, but I have tried to explain it using physics and not philosophy.
I emphasize that my "heuristic" explanation is exactly that, a heuristic explanation and many arguments against it could be made. I have tried to make it plausible however by using Newton's laws. After all your question is quite unconventional (fun to tinker with though)
2006-07-26 17:27:33
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answered by ed_ny 1
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There could be a dimensional split.The universe at the force level would be figuring out what it should do in these parallel dimensions.In some dimensions the bullet would go through--in others it would not."Any minds in the room would definitely alter the results"."The bullet would enter the armor at the depth of exactly one photon".
2006-07-26 18:02:53
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answered by Balthor 5
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Because the impact would create a paradox, both the bullet and the armor would fade from existence in some fashion.
2006-07-26 16:02:59
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answered by murzun 3
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The bullet goes through halfway thus going through the armor, albeit not completely, and the armor actually does stop the bullet.
Everybody is happy.
2006-07-26 16:59:09
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answered by Just Ask 2
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OK, so your armor is "immovable" (bullet can't move it or any part of it.)
Given that we're on a spinning planet, which is in orbit around the Sun, in a galaxy that's rotating and moving through space, in a universe that's expanding, I just can't buy off on the concept of an immovable object--the bullet wins.
2006-07-26 16:48:55
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answered by Pepper 4
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The ever lasting question of if an unstopable object meets and unmovable object what happens?
Personally I figure that something that we do not understand would happen. Perhaps both would be destroyed. What ever would happen though I don't think it's anything that science could explain as of now.
2006-07-26 16:05:38
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answered by mudsplitter 3
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The bullet would pass through the armor and stop immideatly upon exiting, the armor stopped it, and the bullet passed through. it is the only way the two could exist.
2006-07-26 16:05:58
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answered by Michael J with wings 3
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It's not a "theory". You don't have anything close to a "theory". What you have is simply an idea or a question. You are no where near qualified to give a "theory", and you obviously don't even know what a "theory" is.
2006-07-26 18:10:36
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answered by Manny 6
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Well the bullet would break the armor but then agian not and the armor would stop the bullet but then agian it wont.....Confusing yes stupid no
2006-07-26 16:03:39
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answered by Anonymous
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Then an omnipotent God will create a stone so heavy he cannot lift it, and throw it at this impact faster than the speed of light.
2006-07-26 16:16:55
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answered by geofft 3
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