I found this question posted on a message board, not by me.
Image a force, this force can only go in 1 direction, it is in space and most importantly, its unstoppable. Then theres a wall its also in space, this wall cannot be moved, cannot be bent, stretched, cut, broken through, teleported, destroyed, even if hell broke out and tried to suck it in! WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY MET?
My answer is simple....These 2 entities cannot exist in the same universe under these conditions.
Any thoughts?
2006-12-04 17:42:25 · 3 answers · asked by Chris R 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Well. That is quite the conundrum. You are right that they cannot coexist in the same universe.
2006-12-04 17:45:36 · answer #1 · answered by hey2a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the reason why we have quantum states, when this absolutely unstoppable force comes to meet with this "even if hell broke out tried to suck it in" unmovable wall, they enter into state where two outcomes co-exist, the first being that the unstoppable force has smashed through the wall, the second being that the unmovable wall has blocked the force, and remain so until state function reduction by observation. There's nothing inconsistent about this per quantum logic.
2006-12-05 02:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the force doesnot go.....
in any case this problem looks like the classic collisions problem.
the answer is either hell will break loose or the object that cannot be moved will remain still and the one that cannot be stoped, after collision, will just change its direction. it will not be stoped but it change direction of movement due to the collision.
2006-12-05 02:23:17 · answer #3 · answered by Emmanuel P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋