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Title text:

Unstoppable force-carrying particles can't interact with immovable matter by definition.

Transcript:

[An arrow pointing to the right and a trapezoid are labeled as 'Unstoppable Force' and 'Immovable Object' respectively.]
[The arrow is shown as entering the trapezoid from the left and the part of it in said trapezoid is coloured gray.]
[The arrow is shown as leaving the trapezoid to the right and is coloured black.]
[Caption below the panel:] I don't see why people find this scenario to be tricky.

Source: https://xkcd.com/3084/

explainxkcd for #3084

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

The pie went bad and disintegrated. Its energy got reconverted into the 0 that is all.

If its not clear i was not being all that serious with my last comment. Re constructing math from my own first the principles is something i prefer to do as a hypothetical mind game rather then to find a real profound breakthrough.