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 Post subject: Re: unstoppable force vs immovable object
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:38 am 
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they temporarly escape however they always come back down on one planet or another. Just look at satellites. They go up but after a time they come back down.



voyager hasn't landed anywhere yet


and i agree with the gravity is a constant force not unstoppable force
if you insist that it is then i would suggest the earth as the immovable object because relatively it can't move and even is completely stopped traveling through space altogether it wouldn't change the interaction between the object affected by gravity and the earths surface

and if perceived as such a situation the result is clear the immovable object wins


but as this a clear situation paradox trying to answer it logically is impossible

there are reasons they are called paradoxes

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 Post subject: Re: unstoppable force vs immovable object
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:56 am 
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OmegaXII wrote:
how the heck do you see a black hole??? its black, space is black so you cant see anything

That logic COMPLETELY fails. You can't see a black hole because light cannot escape it. We measure them by observer their effect on their environments

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the immovable object and the unstoppable force are both implicitly assumed to be indestructible or else the question would have a trivial resolution

incorrect, no such assumption is needed.

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no force is completely unstoppable and there are no immovable objects and cannot be any as even a minuscule force will cause a slight acceleration on an object of any mass

Perhaps not today, but there may be developments to this effect in the future. However, since this is according to modern, not future laws of physics, it would be illogical to argue by this. Instead, we should, as I have, try and argue this from a logical standpoint, through contradiction.

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We've never seen a black hole either yet we can describe it. People have also described black holes to me very well, and i have never seen them. All pictures of black holes are conceptual (or at least im aware of). The problem isn't with "we can't imagine it", the problem is that it is logically impossible to exist.

That's what the Hubble Telescope is for ;]

Hubble telescope cannot see a black hole. It can only see the effects of it. I'm still lol'ing at omega's gigantic fail.

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nd i agree with the gravity is a constant force not unstoppable force
if you insist that it is then i would suggest the earth as the immovable object because relatively it can't move and even is completely stopped traveling through space altogether it wouldn't change the interaction between the object affected by gravity and the earths surface

and if perceived as such a situation the result is clear the immovable object wins

erm...the earth revolves around the sun...something caused by gravity...?

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but as this a clear situation paradox trying to answer it logically is impossible

there are reasons they are called paradoxes
you cannot start off with the assumption that you are dealing with a paradox. For example, if constant force is an unstoppable force (which it isn't, just trying to make a point here), then it wouldn't be a paradox. If you go by the accepted standards/definitions of unstoppable force, then it is a paradox. What you're doing is a bit like assuming an answer in a proof and then going on to prove the answer in a roundabout way using your assumption. It doesn't work.

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 Post subject: Re: unstoppable force vs immovable object
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OmegaXII wrote:
no force is completely unstoppable and there are no immovable objects and cannot be any as even a minuscule force will cause a slight acceleration on an object of any mass

Perhaps not today, but there may be developments to this effect in the future. However, since this is according to modern, not future laws of physics, it would be illogical to argue by this. Instead, we should, as I have, try and argue this from a logical standpoint, through contradiction.


there cant be 2 of them at once if theres an unstoppable force it is technically an immovable object you cant move it but its momentum keeps it moving and if theres an immovable object well not sure how that could be an unstoppable force

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 Post subject: Re: unstoppable force vs immovable object
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:23 am 
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Finally, you learn to rephrase my previous post. Well done. :) That's the correct logic.

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 Post subject: Re: unstoppable force vs immovable object
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yea it confused me for a bit but i got it

if you think about it this isnt a paradox becuase in order for it to be one these two things have to exist

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 Post subject: Re: unstoppable force vs immovable object
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:49 am 
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daerduo wrote:
bork9128 wrote:
nd i agree with the gravity is a constant force not unstoppable force
if you insist that it is then i would suggest the earth as the immovable object because relatively it can't move and even is completely stopped traveling through space altogether it wouldn't change the interaction between the object affected by gravity and the earths surface

and if perceived as such a situation the result is clear the immovable object wins

erm...the earth revolves around the sun...something caused by gravity...?


and as i stated even if were to completely stop the effect of gravity wouldn't be affected

so i believe my argument is still valid

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 Post subject: Re: unstoppable force vs immovable object
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:51 am 
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bork9128 wrote:
daerduo wrote:
bork9128 wrote:
nd i agree with the gravity is a constant force not unstoppable force
if you insist that it is then i would suggest the earth as the immovable object because relatively it can't move and even is completely stopped traveling through space altogether it wouldn't change the interaction between the object affected by gravity and the earths surface

and if perceived as such a situation the result is clear the immovable object wins

erm...the earth revolves around the sun...something caused by gravity...?


and as i stated even if were to completely stop the effect of gravity wouldn't be affected

so i believe my argument is still valid

it could who knows

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 Post subject: Re: unstoppable force vs immovable object
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:08 am 
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OmegaXII wrote:
yea it confused me for a bit but i got it

if you think about it this isnt a paradox becuase in order for it to be one these two things have to exist

Sigh...as I have said many times before, this is a paradox because both things cannot simultaneously exist. I just didn't understand what you wrote down here.

First off, bork, we both know that a constant force isn't an unstoppable force, so I'm arguing this just for fun, since this has nothing to do with the topic. Now, I would appreciate a rephrasing of your point since I really have a tough time understanding it. From what im seeing now though, your argument is incorrect in that you are comparing earth to the earths gravity. That would be fine. But in saying gravity as a whole instead of earths gravity, the earth itself is moved by gravity, as per the sun scenario, your immovable object is being moved by the unstoppable force, so the unstoppable force would 'win'.

But anyhow, that has nothing to do with the topic lol. :D

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 Post subject: Re: unstoppable force vs immovable object
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yea it confused me for a bit but i got it

if you think about it this isnt a paradox becuase in order for it to be one these two things have to exist

Sigh...as I have said many times before, this is a paradox because both things cannot simultaneously exist. I just didn't understand what you wrote down here.

First off, bork, we both know that a constant force isn't an unstoppable force, so I'm arguing this just for fun, since this has nothing to do with the topic. Now, I would appreciate a rephrasing of your point since I really have a tough time understanding it. From what im seeing now though, your argument is incorrect in that you are comparing earth to the earths gravity. That would be fine. But in saying gravity as a whole instead of earths gravity, the earth itself is moved by gravity, as per the sun scenario, your immovable object is being moved by the unstoppable force, so the unstoppable force would 'win'.

But anyhow, that has nothing to do with the topic lol. :D

that was confusing lol

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 Post subject: Re: unstoppable force vs immovable object
PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:17 am 
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If a simplistic forum game confuses you, yes I'd expect that to also.

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