The Impossible impossible

Discussion in 'General Philosophy' started by Xerxes, Jul 7, 2002.

  1. Xerxes asdfghjkl Valued Senior Member

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    Why'd you have to ressurect this thread?
     
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  3. Klippymitch Thinker Registered Senior Member

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    Try living forever without changing your DNA to stop the process of aging.

    It's impossible.

    Even if you did change you DNA to not age you would still die eventually.

    There you go.

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  5. Klippymitch Thinker Registered Senior Member

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    Melted, crushed, and then he would become a nuclear reaction within the sun. Almost simultaniously too.
     
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  7. Jeff 152 Registered Senior Member

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    everyone is using examples that are just unlikely that cannot be proved to be absolutley impossible. But an object can not have mutually exclusive properties.

    A square circle is impossible.

    Don't give me any shit about warped space or any other gibberish. It either has 4 corners and is a square or no corners and its a circle.

    Or wait, even better, it is impossible for anything to be colder than absolute zero! In fact, it is impossible to ever get to absolute zero!
     
  8. Jeff 152 Registered Senior Member

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    it is impossible to create a frictionless surface.

    And if it is just beyond our technological reach, then once you make it, it will be impossible for a normal car of today to propel itself on it.

    It is impossible to scratch a diamond using a hot dog.

    It is impossible to push off an object without it pushing back on you

    it is impossible for a pendulum to increase its amplitude if no additional energy is supplied.

    It is impossible to go slower than standing still
     
  9. Xerxes asdfghjkl Valued Senior Member

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    I agree, I'm just being annoying:

    it is impossible to create a frictionless surface.
    >> space itself is a frictionless surface

    And if it is just beyond our technological reach, then once you make it, it will be impossible for a normal car of today to propel itself on it.
    >> space vehicles can propel themselves through space

    It is impossible to scratch a diamond using a hot dog.
    >> what about a diamond tipped hot dog? What if the hot dog is going really fast?

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    It is impossible to push off an object without it pushing back on you
    >> What if I'm pushing a single neutrino?

    it is impossible for a pendulum to increase its amplitude if no additional energy is supplied.
    >> reduce the force of gravity

    It is impossible to go slower than standing still
    >> standing still approaching the speed of light?

    A square circle is impossible.
    >> square and circle are abstractions that don't fully exist in reality. In which case that is a meaningless statement.
     
  10. Jeff 152 Registered Senior Member

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    eh, ur kinda sidestepping my qualifications, like i said a car of today, meaning one that uses wheels and relies on friction to propel it, and i mean just a plain old hot dog in a persons hand,with no diamond tip and not moving fast.

    But i bet that was a challenge coming up with those.

    I think I have one that is truly impossible, try it out.

    In complete empty space, if a ball passes by you it is impossible to know whether you are moving or if the ball is moving. Remeber uniform motion without a stationary frame of reference is impossible to detect.
     
  11. Xerxes asdfghjkl Valued Senior Member

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    No, I agree with you. I abandoned this 'philosophy' years ago.

    Check the date of the thread.
     
  12. Possumking I think, I am? Registered Senior Member

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    Abandoned philosophies are the greatest.

    Refreshing, eh?
     

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