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On 2018/Jan/22, at 13:01, brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Concrete example: a 10 newton force which cannot be stopped, bears directly on a 1000 kg marble block anchored in the substrate rock. The block cannot be moved.
What happens?
Duh!
Nothing.
Brian W
Brian!
you’ve mixed and imaginary force w/ a “real” physical object.
At the "Hewit level” of discusion the force must be due to an object, so in that “real” case there will be some powder or chips.
bc
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