Friday, January 8, 2010

What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?

Just curious.What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
1) The force moves over the object and carries on.





2) The force is deflected back the way it came, it is not stopped and the object is not moved.





3) Such things cannot co-exist.What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
Collision
Isaac Asimov answered this question rather neatly, I thought. I can't remember in which of his many books I read it (it was a long time ago), but the gist of his argument was this: A universe in which there exists such a thing as an irresistible force is, by definition, a universe which cannot also contain an immovable object. And a universe which contains an immovable object cannot, by definition, also contain an irresistible force. So the question is essentially meaningless: either the force is irresistible or the object is immovable, but not both.
chaos
DESTRUCTION.
well .... it may either end-up moving the object or a huge explosion would happen that would shake the planet
Destruction
We're back to Douglas Adams again, aren't we?





Whatever the outcome, it would presumably be a trifle unsettling - something along the lines of the Big Bang, Armageddon, or taking afternoon tea with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Didn't that happen with Silver Surfer and the Thing?
You're an evil little piece of crap, telling a kid he did something bad, so god killed his dog.





You must be very happy with yourself, turd.

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