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RE: Thought experiment - Your Computer - 07-30-2013
If the act is committed by one person, i don't see why it would except in cases of delusion from perspective. If the act is committed by three people, then, yes, it would be on the other pole, since you would have successfully wrapped the band around the Earth by stretching it from three sides (assuming these poles surpass the Earth's atmosphere).
Also, an elastic band that stretches infinitely wouldn't require poles that can never be uprooted, since the band wouldn't (shouldn't) have any significant retraction. After all, if such poles were required, then the same capability would be required for the entity doing the pulling. Therefore it could be said the band is not capable of being infinitely expanded and therefore could never be transferred onto the other pole.
RE: Thought experiment - Kman - 07-30-2013
couldn't you have said that exact same thing with a third of that post
RE: Thought experiment - Nice - 07-30-2013
reading YourComputer, Bridge and BAndrew posts on threads like this is bad for my self confidence
RE: Thought experiment - BAndrew - 07-30-2013
@YourComputer
Why it wouldn't reach the other pole with 1 person?
RE: Thought experiment - Ghieri - 07-30-2013
I'm confused, by "transferred to the other pole" do you mean that the band will magically tie itself to the other pole, or that you reach the other pole from travelling around the world, then tie the band to the other pole? Because the first isn't possible, the second is theoretically possible with an infinitely elastic AND incredibly durable band AND assuming you have a reliable method of traversing the surface of the planet around a circumference.
EDIT: also assuming you travel in the opposite direction from the other pole, you could quite easily hook it around the other pole, then travel around the planet.
RE: Thought experiment - Your Computer - 07-30-2013
(07-30-2013, 02:33 PM)BAndrew Wrote: @YourComputer
Why it wouldn't reach the other pole with 1 person?
It would reach the other pole with one person, but it wouldn't transfer over to the other pole with one person.
RE: Thought experiment - BAndrew - 07-30-2013
(07-30-2013, 05:43 PM)Your Computer Wrote:(07-30-2013, 02:33 PM)BAndrew Wrote: @YourComputer
Why it wouldn't reach the other pole with 1 person?
It would reach the other pole with one person, but it wouldn't transfer over to the other pole with one person.
OK, I got it. I agree here.