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Fubarberry to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

Combining two different internet debates

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Combining two different internet debates

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Fubarberry to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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    • @[email protected]
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      2•2 years ago

      If we assume portals obey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_invariance, then there’s no difference between “the tram|portal is moving and the people are stationary” and “the tram|portal is stationary and the people are moving.” The outcome should be the same.

    • @[email protected]
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      No, the speed of the pedestrians relative to the portal is not zero.

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        But the pedestrians have no momentum, only the portal has momentum.

        Replace the portal with a normal open doorway, or that gameshow “hole in the wall”, when someone passes through the hole, they aren’t launched out of the other side, they’re still just standing there as the door passes around them.

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          6•2 years ago

          They have momentum though. They’re on the earth (presumably), which is yeeting through space at a rapid pace. Portals must respect relative speed, otherwise everything would fly out due to their speed.

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        • @[email protected]
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          No your wording was correct, do not apologize.

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