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When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.

Shawn October 27, 2018 at 02:37 4125 views 12 comments
What happens?

Comments (12)

Deleted User October 27, 2018 at 02:40 #222746
The force is redirected.
Pierre-Normand October 27, 2018 at 02:48 #222748
Quoting Posty McPostface
What happens?


Is this a philosophical question? It has been tested empirically.
Sir2u October 27, 2018 at 03:57 #222754
Ask Trump.
BC October 27, 2018 at 06:32 #222757
All of the observers in the stands will be vaporized.
unenlightened October 27, 2018 at 10:08 #222774
The unstoppable force is stopped, and the immovable object moves.

This, by the way, is an unthinkable thought.
TWI October 27, 2018 at 10:58 #222780
Neither exist.
Wheatley October 27, 2018 at 12:23 #222789
There's no possible world where both an unstoppable force and an immovable object exists. They are both co-impossible.
BrianW October 27, 2018 at 13:08 #222792
It is impossible to have two distinct absolutes. The immovable object and the irresistible force are one and the same.
LD Saunders October 27, 2018 at 17:56 #222846
I agree with unenlightened and Purple Pond. There can't be an unstoppable force if there is an unmovable object, and there cannot be an unmovable object, if there is an unstoppable force. The question makes no sense.
Daniel Gibbons October 27, 2018 at 19:53 #222875
What if the unstoppable force and the unmovable object combines to become an unstoppable object that moves with force?
Daniel Gibbons October 27, 2018 at 19:58 #222877
The object itself might be 'unmovable' but the space around it would be susceptible to pressure from an 'unstoppable' force.
Daniel Gibbons October 27, 2018 at 20:05 #222879
Movement is merely about 'perception', and the 'idea' that an object is "unmovable' is based on the 'perception' of the suggested 'application' of force. 'perception' is a factor.