Superpower Where Newton Was Wrong
Four superpowers matched to the part of Newton's physics each would break, including teleportation as a discontinuous graph.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-07-20-superpower-where-newton-was-wrong/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"FLIGHT = Defying Gravity" · "INVISIBILITY = Defying Optics" · "TELEPORTATION = Defying Continuity of Motion" (graph of location vs. time with a jump from 'here' to 'there') · "SUPER STRENGTH = Defying Third Law of Motion"
[Caption] "'Which superpower do you want?' is just another way of asking 'What do you wish Newton had been wrong about?'"