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Old 02-23-2006   #1 (permalink)
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Physic's greatest question

what happens when the unstoppable force meets the unmovable object?
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Re: Physic's greatest question

well....
is there even an unstoppable force in the universe?

Gravity, maybe?

What is the unmovable object?
Everything is in motion...
can not everything move?


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I think it would end up as two infinites meeting.. 0 + 0 = 0
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what happens when the unstoppable force meets the unmovable object?
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I think it would end up as two infinites meeting.. 0 + 0 = 0
in your equation do the zeroes represent nothing, and if so, is nothingness ever a possibility?
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in your equation do the zeroes represent nothing, and if so, is nothingness ever a possibility?
You might consider reading some Jean-Paul Sartre...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sartre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_and_Nothingness
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Relativity would tell us that each thing sees itself as an immovable object (at rest), and all other things as unstoppable forces (in motion). And since relativity would also tell us that nothing is at rest, the collision is always between two unstoppable forces.

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well....
is there even an unstoppable force in the universe?

Gravity, maybe?

What is the unmovable object?
Everything is in motion...
can not everything move?
orbsycli raised perhaps the clearest point on this question thus far...

What's the point of debating it since 1) there is no such thing as an unstoppable force (of which we are aware) and 2) there is no such thing as an unmovable object (of which we are aware)....
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I'm going to hijack this thread for the purpose of asking what this really is? What is physics greatest unsolved mystery?

My vote goes for "What is the relationship between the four fources?"

Followed closely by "Where did I put those pesky gravitons?"

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My vote goes for "What is the relationship between the four fources?"

I must agree with you Faithful, these relationships, when fully understood will answer many questions.


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