If you break the laws of physics, do you go to jail?

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If you break the laws of physics, do you go to jail?
 
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StevieTNZ said:
Would that even be possible?
If it is not possible then the answer must be "yes".

And "no".
 
jbriggs444 said:
If it is not possible then the answer must be "yes".

And "no".
So you do go to jail?
 
Yes, we'll lock you up in a black hole
 
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Jupiter60 said:
If you break the laws of physics, do you go to jail?
No, you go back to school. :smile:
 
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Jupiter60 said:
If you break the laws of physics, do you go to jail?
Probably not, but Newton would be very annoyed with you.
 
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StevieTNZ said:
So you do go to jail?

Yes. Go directly to jail. Do not collect 200 dollars.
 
My dad went to jail. Tired of the banks collecting money from him, so he collected money from them.
 
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!
 
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StevieTNZ said:
So you do go to jail?
Yes. And no.

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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