• silly goose meekah
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    2 years ago

    Of course the yellow/orange portal carries momentum. That’s why it should be B.

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      2 years ago

      Its just a hole though. If you have a tennis racket with no strings and swing it over something stationary the object doesnt move

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        2 years ago

        With the tennis racket analogy both portals would be moving. In the thought experiment from the image just one is moving, resulting in an unaccounted for momentum, unless the people shoot out the blue portal