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Portal Paradox (lemmy.world)

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Both portals should the same size. Fitting one in a box, means the box should be too big to fit in the other portal.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

They're ellipses. You put one on its side and it fits through.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

If portals were circular, that would be true, but they're oval.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

The box contains the oval, and by definition cannot fit inside the thing it contains.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You should try it with paper cut-outs.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It isn't shown explicitly, but notice in the last panel with the box, the box is much wider and much shorter. It was rotated 90°.

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