Why was Thanos snap impossible?

However, the lubricated glove was too slippery to create enough friction or store enough energy; the rubber thimbles produced almost too much friction, with all of the potential energy lost to the heat created; and the metal thimbles could not build up enough energy to produce a snap at all, making Thanos' infamous ...
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Why Thanos gauntlet snap was scientifically impossible?

Researchers found that attempting to snap while wearing metal gloves doesn't generate enough friction. "Our results suggest that Thanos could not have snapped because of his metal armored fingers," author Raghav Acharya said.
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Was there a study to see if Thanos could snap his fingers?

The report revealed that the federal government funded a study to investigate whether the Marvel supervillain "Thanos" could snap his fingers while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet in the film Avengers: Infinity War. The study ultimately determined that it would not have been possible.
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Was Thanos snap justified?

Thanos justified his actions by claiming that limited resources and overpopulation would lead to extinction. He did this to erase suffering. However, there could be a hidden agenda at play. Maybe Thanos wanted to unite everyone under his rule.
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Is Thanos snap absolute point?

Since it was a non starter no one ever even argued the point and that may have been the point. When Doctor Strange scanned the more than 14 million possible outcomes of a confrontation with Thanos, there was only one in which they succeeded and even that was only after the Snap.
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What race is Thanos?

Thanos is a mutant member of the race of superhumans known as the Titanian Eternals.
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Is Thanos an eternal or a Titan?

In the comics, Thanos is the product of two Eternals conceiving a child, an act that isn't allowed among them. As a result, he becomes host to the Deviant Gene, which alters his appearance but still technically makes him an Eternal.
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Why didn t the Eternals stop Thanos if he is a deviant?

The Eternals specifically state that they did not interfere with Thanos and his genocidal finger snap due to their sacred mission, which only allowed intervention when the Deviants were involved.
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How did the snap choose who dies?

Soon after, we learn that before it was destroyed, Thanos went to the leaders of Titan with his idea: Kill half the people on the planet, but choose them randomly and dispassionately (rather than by ethnic or class lines, for example), to save everyone else.
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What does Thanos fear?

Instead of aliens, androids, and wizards, Thanos is afraid of aliens, Asgardians, and wizards. The theory posits Ego, Odin, and The Ancient One as three of Thanos' greatest fears, and he waited until all of them were dead to make his move.
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Did Eternals disappear when Thanos snapped his fingers?

In an interview with Cinema Blend, the director said that since Eternals are synthetic beings who cannot be killed, their necks were saved during the massive snap by Thanos.
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How much did Thanos snap study cost?

Sure, the study was broader than that, focusing on the human finger snap, but their press release focused a lot on the Mad Titan and his golden glove of genocide. The cost was $118,971, paid for by you.
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When Thanos snapped his fingers did it affect the multiverse?

Tom Holland Confirms Which Infinity Gauntlet Snap Opened The Multiverse. Spider-Man: Far From Home star Tom Holland confirms Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet snap tore open the MCU's multiverse, leading to the Elementals.
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Did Thanos snap prevent emergence?

When Thanos snapped his fingers, he delayed the Emergence from happening as the population was cut in half. However, when the Avengers brought everybody back, they unwittingly started the countdown to the Emergence and the end of Earth as we know it.
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Why does Thanos need all 6 stones to snap?

Thanos thinks that if he kills half of all life in the universe, he'll restore balance. To do so, he needs all six Infinity Stones to power his Infinity Gauntlet, which in turn will give him the ability to bend time, space, energy, and the laws of physics and reality.
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Can Spider Man snap the Infinity Gauntlet?

Can Spider-Man handle the Infinity Gauntlet? The Infinity Stones are some of the most powerful artifacts in the Marvel Universe, but it turns out Spider-Man can take one on all by himself.
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Did Deadpool survive the Snap?

Deadpool survived the Infinity War snap because he wasn't technically in the Marvel Cinematic Universe at the time. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige was asked about the Merc with a Mouth and jokingly gave the answer that certain hardcore McU fans have been wondering about since April of this year.
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What did Hulk's snap do?

Marvel's second Eternals trailer suggests the Hulk's snap was actually more difficult than Thanos', expending more energy. According to the Eternals, the Hulk's snap released so much energy it was able to cause a mysterious cosmic event called an "Emergence," while Thanos' did not.
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How long did the Blip last?

Despite Feige's comments, both events were collectively referred to as "the Blip" in WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and the term also appears to reference the five-year gap between the two snaps during which half of Earth's population were wiped from existence.
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Why is Thanos purple but Eros isn t?

Thanos' brother Eros aka Starfox looks nothing like him despite them being Eternals; the reason (and Thanos' purple look) lies with the Deviant gene. Thanos' brother Eros aka Starfox looks nothing like the Mad Titan due to an Eternals Deviant gene.
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Do the Eternals know Thanos?

But in the Marvel comics, Thanos and the Eternals have a strong connection that may chart a new course for the next phase of the Marvel movies. After an Eternals post-credits scene silently invoked the connection, let's talk about how Thanos ties into Phase 4, even after his story seemingly ended.
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Is Thanos the only Eternal Deviant hybrid?

It's possible there are other Eternals in the Marvel Universe who have the Deviant Syndrome, but Thanos is the only character confirmed to possess it.
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Are the 10 rings related to the Eternals?

The Ten Rings, after all, are circular in design, like much of the technology utilized by the Eternals. They also appear to be energy-based in their use, much like the tools and weapons used by the Eternals are fueled by cosmic energy.
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What type of god is Thanos?

Thanatos, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. He appeared to humans to carry them off to the underworld when the time allotted to them by the Fates had expired.
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What makes Thanos so powerful?

Thanos is a mutant member of the race of superhumans known as the Titanian Eternals. The character possesses abilities common to the Eternals, but amplified to a higher degree through a combination of his mutant–Eternal heritage, bionic amplification, mysticism, and power bestowed by the abstract entity, Death.
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