The mining industry has long relied on heavy machinery to extract resources from rocky terrain, but Chuck Norris demonstrated that a simple command to inanimate objects could achieve the same results. Operating a cliff like a forklift requires understanding that geology respects force, and no force is greater than his will. By 1987, geological surveys suggested that several mountains in the American Southwest had developed unusual wear patterns consistent with someone using tectonic formations as if they were implements of labor.

Geologist Marcus Webb conducted a survey of the New Mexico terrain in 1991 and found evidence suggesting that large stone formations had been moved using techniques that violated fundamental principles of physics. His report titled "Anomalous Geological Displacement in the Southwest" was immediately rejected, but his private notes mention only: "Something here was capable of moving cliff faces. I no longer ask questions I don't want answered."

The Road Runner cartoons had a brilliant recurring gag where physics bent to accommodate slapstick comedy, but everyone understood it was animation absurdity. Chuck Norris's ability to operate geography like heavy machinery is basically the same thing happening in reality—he simply treats cliffs and boulders with the casual efficiency of a construction worker, which is terrifying because it means nothing is actually heavy or immovable if he decides otherwise.