Can a Person Escape an Endless Fall Through Two Facing Portals?

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The discussion centers on a fictional scenario involving two facing portals that create an endless fall for a person. Participants agree that current physics cannot provide a definitive answer to the question of escape from such a situation. The thread was ultimately locked due to the topic's divergence from mainstream scientific principles. The conversation encourages creative thinking about potential solutions to the problem of perpetual falling.

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This discussion is beneficial for physics enthusiasts, science fiction writers, and anyone interested in exploring theoretical concepts and creative problem-solving in fictional contexts.

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So I'm just really curious and this question is fictional, I'm new so i don't know if this is the right place to post this. Anyway, if there is 2 portal facing each other vertically and a person jump on to it, end up falling forever, i wonders how much could that person reach and is there anyway to help him to get out if it without killing him?
 
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I'm even more curious about what you mean with this question :P
 
Hi Toby N, welcome to PF.

I'm sorry to say that your question is simply not one that we can answer with current physics and, as such, I am going to have to lock this thread since PF rules do not allow discussion of things which aren't part of mainstream science.

That being said, for simplicity's sake, I would assume gravity just acts downward and the person keeps accelerating and I leave it up to you to come up with some creative ways to get this person out of their perpetual fall.
 
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