Immovable Object vs. Unstoppable Force - Which Wins?
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What happens if an immovable object meets an unstoppable force? Is a popularquestion on the internet.Of course, relativity clearly tells us that there is no such thing as an immovable object- here's why: If you pick any supposedly immovable object, or just something like your houseor the earth, I can make it move. All I need to do is start to move relative to it, forexample I might ride a rocket, and suddenly from my perspective, I'm not moving and theearth sails by outside. The laws of physics make no preference for inertial frame of reference,so from my perspective here, I do not stir, and yet it's clear: the immovable object moves!So because of relativity, "immovable objects" cannot be. But what I think people normallyME...
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What happens if an immovable object meets an unstoppable force? Is a popularquestion on the internet.Of course, relativity clearly tells us that there is no such thing as an immovable object- here's why: If you pick any supposedly immovable object, or just something like your houseor the earth, I can make it move. All I need to do is start to move relative to it, forexample I might ride a rocket, and suddenly from my perspective, I'm not moving and theearth sails by outside. The laws of physics make no preference for inertial frame of reference,so from my perspective here, I do not stir, and yet it's clear: the immovable object moves!So because of relativity, "immovable objects" cannot be. But what I think people normallyME...
