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Sep 13 2012 02:45am
Quote (AEtheric @ Sep 13 2012 04:31am)
I guess. When an unstoppable force hits an immovable wall it's analogous to a 3 pound weight hitting a wall that can take 3 pounds. They balance out their kinetic energy and reach an equilibrium of 0.


a 3 pound weight is not analogous to an unstoable force, and a wall that can take 3 pounds of force is not analogous to a immovable wall.

your calculations infer that the un stopable force is stopable, and if the unstopable force is stopable then it never was an unstopable force.

personally id go with every action has an equal and opposite reaction, at impact the force channels its force back into itself in the opposite vector.

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Sep 13 2012 02:46am
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a 3 pound weight is not analogous to an unstoable force, and a wall that can take 3 pounds of force is not analogous to a immovable wall.

your calculations infer that the un stopable force is stopable, and if the unstopable force is stopable then it never was an unstopable force.

personally id go with every action has an equal and opposite reaction, at impact the force channels its force back into itself in the opposite vector.


He never said the collision is elastic.
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Sep 13 2012 02:48am
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He never said the collision is elastic.


an elastic colission would infer that energy is lost in the elasticity, if anything my statement infers that there is 0 elasticity.

similar to one of these things:



or like what happens when a karate guy trys to chops a peice of wood inhalf and fails, the energy returns to your hand instead of being used to break the board.

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Sep 13 2012 04:43am
why am i the only one to see that unstoppable in no way implies contact with anything ?
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Sep 13 2012 07:45am
if its a wall that isnt moveable... and its in the path of an unstopable force...

the force probably goes through the wall... because the wall isnt unbreakable or unmeltable..
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Sep 13 2012 09:09am
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if its a wall that isnt moveable... and its in the path of an unstopable force...

the force probably goes through the wall... because the wall isnt unbreakable or unmeltable..


This is a very good answer..


You need to be more specific about what is the wall made of, and its size etc.. as well as the force, what shape is this force? And whats its mass, velocity, whats it made of, etc..


Your question (even being scientific) its vague (full of possibilities), and its a dumb question (yes scientists who ask it are dumb).
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Sep 13 2012 01:20pm
Quote (TJI_KS @ Sep 13 2012 08:45am)
if its a wall that isnt moveable... and its in the path of an unstopable force...

the force probably goes through the wall... because the wall isnt unbreakable or unmeltable..


how exactly does breaking it or melting it not move it?
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Sep 13 2012 02:54pm
Quote (Subwoofer @ 13 Sep 2012 22:20)
how exactly does breaking it or melting it not move it?


cause it goes into warp space

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Sep 13 2012 05:06pm
the universe implodes from the absurd amount of retarded questions based outside of reality.
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Sep 13 2012 05:10pm
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an elastic colission would infer that energy is lost in the elasticity, if anything my statement infers that there is 0 elasticity.

similar to one of these things:

http://static4.depositphotos.com/1001877/505/i/450/dep_5058385-Pendulum-on-yellow-background.-3d.jpg

or like what happens when a karate guy trys to chops a peice of wood inhalf and fails, the energy returns to your hand instead of being used to break the board.


No, elasticity prevents energy from being lost. A perfectly elastic collision would mean that all of the energy gone into the collision would be used perfectly efficiently, which would mean that the kinetic energy would not be lost. Your statement assumes perfect elasticity.
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