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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cl1mh4224rd" data-source="post: 141583" data-attributes="member: 999">totally off-topic: about special relativitysomeone made the statement that mass decreases with velocity. this is in fact, the opposite.an object approaching the speed of light "gains" mass. at the speed of light, this object (any object in fact, from a feather to a brick) has infinite mass and would require an infinite amount of energy to maintain that speed.if objects "lost" mass the faster they moved, we'd already be travelling the universe at the speed of light. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />besides, adena... i don't know if anyone else pointed this out, but...the second quoted paragraph contradicts the effect that you established in the first quoted paragraph. unless you're assuming that the reverse gravity also extends through the gate. i really don't think that's the case (my opinion of course, but others would agree i'm sure).by the desription, this does sound like it would be a closed system. there is no other outside force being applied to the ball after the telekinesis. in that case, this is what would happen:- the ball "falls" toward one of the gates, enters the gate, and immediately exits that same gate, heading the opposite direction.- the reverse gravity is still in effect, pulling the ball back toward the first gate.- assuming a vacuum, the ball loses any and all velocity it gained from the reverse gravity at the exact same point it began it's "decent".a net gain of zero. the ball will never exceed a certain velocity. no mass driver for you! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />if if if if for some reason, the ball actually did continue to accelerate, it would have to eventually absorb all available energy in the universe. all matter would have to be converted into energy, including the ball itself. of course, since there is no object available to accelerate anymore, things might get a little weird. another big bang, maybe? whatever happens, it'll generally mean the destruction of the universe as we know it. your target suddenly becomes inconsequential. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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