anybody wish to answer an impossible paradox?

Question

If an unstoppable force collided with an unmovable object, what would happen?

Answer 1

i'd say the unstoppable force would bounce off and keep going in a different direction. you just said it was unstoppable, well, if it hits something unmovable, i'd think it wouldnt stop, but we never specified that it couldnt be redirected.

wanna hear a better paradox?

think of this sentence ---> "this statement is a lie."

Answer 2

Since "force" is strength or energy exerted or brought to bear, it can't "collide" with anything. Strong gravittional or magnetic forces are considered somewhat unstoppable yet can have little effect on an object. Also under the laws of physics nothing is unmovable given enough energy. I believe it was Archimedes that said "give me a place to stand and a lever long enough and I can move the world"

Answer 3

I think if an unstoppable force is directed on unmovable object , initially the object will not move but as time passes a large amount of potential energy is being stored in the object so either it will blast or it will move .

Answer 4

Force by definition is the rate of change in momentum.

Thus force is measured only by the movement of the object on which it acts.

If you have an unmovable object then the net force acting on it is zero.

If an unstoppable force is acting on a body, the second body will be moving for ever with ever increasing speed.

There is neither reasoning nor logic in your question.

Answer 5

If I may go comic geek for a minute to illustrate the point.

We'll use the X-Men.

Picture the Juggernaut running at top speed at the Blob. Now Juggy can't be stopped and the Blob can't be moved. One of two things would happen.

1. Juggernaut would richochet off the Blob, which would mean that an unstoppable force and immovable object would still function, only the force would be redirected.

2. Juggernaut would continue going, Blob would still hold his ground, and the result of which would be pretty disturbing.

Personally, I'd go with 1.

Answer 6

An unstoppable force is an impossibility and so is an unmovable object.

It would take and infinite amount of force to create an unstoppable force. Newton's Third law tells us there is an equal and opposite reaction to all forces so you would need two infinite forces.

Impossible.

Answer 7

A can NOT be moved
B can NOT be stopped.

If B --> A, then B = B cos(theta) must be true; where theta is the ricochet angle. Note cos(180) = -1; so that would be B = - B if the ricochet were straight back from the direction it came.

Thus, A is still not moving and B is still going, but in a different direction. Sorry, no paradox here.

Now, had you said the impact between B and A was perfectly inelastic, then we would have an issue because momentum could not be conserved in this case.

Answer 8

You get a pudding machine. The unstoppable force would remain unstopped and the immovable object would remain unmoved. Anything caught in the middle would become instant pudding.

Answer 9

The unstoppable force would remain unstopped and the immovable object would remain unmoved. According to your definitions anything else is impossible, for then the force would not be unstoppable and the object would not be immovable.
That would mean that your statements were false. So if your statements are true then they would remain. It is no paradox, and it is not impossible to deconstruct.

Answer 10

there would be a breif interruption to the space time continuum whereby the unstoppable force would continue in an unstopped fashion in an alternate timeline and the unmovable object would remain unmoved