Suppose I doubled the mass of this rock while keeping all other things, including it’s volume and density, constant.
Well you’ve created a contradiction there. You could imagine a rock having it’s mass doubled with respect to certain equations and it might still work. But to just double the mass with regard to everything will lead to a paradox.
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Suppose I doubled the mass of this rock while keeping all other things, including it’s volume and density, constant.
Well you’ve created a contradiction there. You could imagine a rock having it’s mass doubled with respect to certain equations and it might still work. But to just double the mass with regard to everything will lead to a paradox.