Comment on xkcd #3084: Unstoppable Force and Immovable Object

Goretantath@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Piafraus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Force is not a thing that moves. Force is what is applied to an object. In this “answer” whatever is shown and depicted as force is not force.

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Then reverse the assumptions. Maybe it’s the immovable object that can’t be interacted with. Apply all the force you want and meet nothibg

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    • Piafraus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If you applied the unstoppable force and the object of application did not move - then this force was not unstoppable

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      • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Was that unstoppable force unstoppable before the object? Was it unstoppable after the object? Did anything stop it?

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• ech@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Eh, it’s just redefining the assumed meaning. “Intangible” does mean “unstoppable” in a way, but that’s not really what’s intended.

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