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Unstoppable force-carrying particles can’t interact with immovable matter by definition.

Transcript:

[An arrow pointing to the right and a trapezoid are labeled as ‘Unstoppable Force’ and ‘Immovable Object’ respectively.]
[The arrow is shown as entering the trapezoid from the left and the part of it in said trapezoid is coloured gray.]
[The arrow is shown as leaving the trapezoid to the right and is coloured black.]
[Caption below the panel:] I don’t see why people find this scenario to be tricky.

Source: https://xkcd.com/3084/

explainxkcd for #3084

  • ripcord@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    But black holes have finite mass. By “heavy” you’re implying it’s infinitely heavy or something.

    You can definitely also lift a black hole.

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Well I don’t know about any objects more massive than black holes. I think a black hole is really the only viable form a body can take once there’s enough matter in one place, like there’s an upper limit for the size of stars and after that anything larger collapses into a black hole.

      An object of infinite mass is a contradiction, a universe can’t exist with a single object of infinite mass, it would consume everything instantly.

      • ripcord@lemmy.world
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        7 days ago

        OK, but being very massive is not the same as what was being discussed.

        You can also “lift” a finitely massive black hole with anything else massive.