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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I love this comment section. Perfect balance of people actually trying to discuss and people getting pissy because their answer can be the only right one.

I don't know shit but when I try and picture it happening in my head I can only see A being correct, think Doctor Strange portals. When he moves a portal the person comes out stationary

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

C. A train flies out of the blue portal

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This comment section reminds me a bit of these cringe powerscalers, discussing Saitama vs Son Goku in the comments of a YouTube video.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If it's A, then it figures to me that the blue portal would enact some force on the structure on which it's placed when the tied up people plop out

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

A if the trolley is going slow

B if the trolley is going fast.

[–] blurr11 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I think it's A because I assume a portal stitches two points in space to each other.

So if I have a surface A and B with a portal ']' in the middle A0 A1 ] A2 A3. B0 B1 [ B2 B3

A portal creates a new surface

A0 A1 ][ B2 B3

And if you move the portal the new surface changes.

A0 A1 A2 ][ B3

Speed is distance over time. When a portal moves the object that passed through the portal stays stationary. Let's say I am standing on B2. When the portal advances I find myself standing on A2 , have i moved? No the environment has changed but i am still in the same relative position with respect to the portal surface. No distance travelled so no speed.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

B, but only their bellies; the portal is above most of their bodies, and their heads and ankles will get cut off for being off even the track.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The only way it could be B in this universe is if the train also decelerates equivalent to how the people accelerate. If the people accelerate and the train maintains velocity you've created energy in a closed system.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Portals don't abide by the laws of physics. Portal above + portal below = infinitely falling object (and thus infinite kinetic energy)

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