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[โ€“] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I guess the question becomes if one portal is in a box, what happens to the box? Does the whole process just get blocked after the first few inches as the outside of the box collides with the inside; does it push itself open; do the portals just slice though and turn the pieces of box in the way into confetti?

[โ€“] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Just came here to check whether someone already posted the minutephysics video.

I think their explanation is rather good for passing portals through themselves. The box doesn't add much to the equation: it is just physical objects smashed into eachother...