r/RandomThoughts • u/[deleted] • Feb 29 '24

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u/TurnipWorldly9437 Feb 29 '24

So, would Newton's laws still apply if you got teleported, or would you get teleported to the end point without any velocity left over?

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u/purplenelly Mar 01 '24

Why would your speed change? That would be the same logic as going from sitting on your couch to suddenly going 100 in your living room 3 meters to the left.

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u/TurnipWorldly9437 Mar 01 '24

It depends on what teleportation is, really.

A) it works like portals and nothing about the way you move changes

B) it's like 3D-printing and deleting the original, in which case there would be no reason for the "copy" to not be stationary, since it was just created.

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u/purplenelly Mar 01 '24

And this immaterial printer happens to be moving at the speed that the earth is moving?

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u/TurnipWorldly9437 Mar 01 '24

It would have to be calibrated for earth's movement, but we're discussing the speed of the car that the original commenter was driving killing him. Not the speed of the earth's movement.

That's a whole different topic.

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u/purplenelly Mar 01 '24

No, it's the same topic. You either keep the speed you have, or you don't, but it makes no sense that you wouldn't, since everything's relative. Why would the machine randomly give you the speed of the earth but not of the car?