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If you break the laws of physics, do you go to jail?
If you break the laws of physics, do you go to jail?
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This discussion humorously explores the hypothetical scenario of breaking the laws of physics and the consequences that would follow. Participants suggest that while one cannot actually break these laws, the notion of facing a trial for such an act is entertaining. The conversation oscillates between the absurdity of going to jail for violating physics and the idea of receiving a Nobel Prize for groundbreaking discoveries that challenge existing laws. Ultimately, the consensus is that breaking the laws of physics is impossible, leading to a paradoxical conclusion of both going to jail and not going to jail.
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Would that even be possible?
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If it is not possible then the answer must be "yes".StevieTNZ said:
And "no".
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russ_watters
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No, but your patent application may be rejected.
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So you do go to jail?jbriggs444 said:
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Yes, we'll lock you up in a black hole
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DennisN
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No, you go back to school.Jupiter60 said:
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Probably not, but Newton would be very annoyed with you.Jupiter60 said:
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StevieTNZ said:
Yes. Go directly to jail. Do not collect 200 dollars.
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My dad went to jail. Tired of the banks collecting money from him, so he collected money from them.
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I thought, if you break a law of Physics, they gave you a Nobel prize.
But perhaps first you have to replace the one you broke?
Edit: With a new one I mean.
And it would be a funny sort of trial, with you trying to persuade people you really had broken the law, but the judges trying to prove you didn't!
But perhaps first you have to replace the one you broke?
Edit: With a new one I mean.
And it would be a funny sort of trial, with you trying to persuade people you really had broken the law, but the judges trying to prove you didn't!
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Yes. And no.StevieTNZ said:
To explain the joke...
If you can never break the laws of physics then the set of cases where you do must be empty. In every such case you go to jail. And in every such case you don't.
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