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Portal Paradox (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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 8 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

You should try it with paper cut-outs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months 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°.