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Started by wildfire_emissary, October 19, 2011, 03:26:08 PM

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wildfire_emissary

October 19, 2011, 03:26:08 PM
Is the science behind this true? I am so ignorant of quantum physics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA
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Crow

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October 19, 2011, 03:56:58 PM
That's so frickin' good.
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Attila

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October 19, 2011, 04:25:35 PM
Awesome! Thanks for that.
Attila

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October 19, 2011, 04:28:59 PM
One could say it's super cool!
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DeterminedJuliet

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October 19, 2011, 04:42:15 PM
Super cool!
"We've thought of life by analogy with a journey, with pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end, and the THING was to get to that end; success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead. But, we missed the point the whole way along; It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing, or dance, while the music was being played.

xSilverPhinx

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October 19, 2011, 05:06:47 PM
Superconducting cool.  8)
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Attila

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October 19, 2011, 05:09:04 PM
Absolute zero!  8)
Attila

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October 19, 2011, 06:05:21 PM
Quote from: Attila on October 19, 2011, 05:09:04 PM
Absolute zero!  8)
Attila
Now that's just going tooooo far!  :-*
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Norfolk And Chance

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October 24, 2011, 12:42:02 AM
Quote from: wildfire_emissary on October 19, 2011, 03:26:08 PM
Is the science behind this true?

Well, what does the evidence tell you?  ;) I was watching a TV programme the other day showing the same thing - yes it's real science with demonstrable effects.
Reality is the stuff that doesn't go away when you stop believing in it ~ Matt Dillahunty

Ecurb Noselrub

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October 24, 2011, 02:33:21 AM
Quote from: Norfolk And Chance on October 24, 2011, 12:42:02 AM
Quote from: wildfire_emissary on October 19, 2011, 03:26:08 PM
Is the science behind this true?

Well, what does the evidence tell you?  ;) I was watching a TV programme the other day showing the same thing - yes it's real science with demonstrable effects.

This is phenomenal.  A few years ago someone might have scoffed at the possibility of such a thing, yet there it is (assuming it has not been super-photo-shopped, which I assume it has not - looks pretty real).  Some things that seem "supernatural" turn out to have quite natural explanations - we just don't always know about them yet.

Attila

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October 24, 2011, 03:09:43 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on October 24, 2011, 02:33:21 AM
Some things that seem "supernatural" turn out to have quite natural explanations - we just don't always know about them yet.
Change the "some" to "all" and we can sign the agreement and go home. Our work is done.  :)

Norfolk And Chance

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October 24, 2011, 01:13:29 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on October 24, 2011, 02:33:21 AM
Quote from: Norfolk And Chance on October 24, 2011, 12:42:02 AM
Quote from: wildfire_emissary on October 19, 2011, 03:26:08 PM
Is the science behind this true?

Well, what does the evidence tell you?  ;) I was watching a TV programme the other day showing the same thing - yes it's real science with demonstrable effects.

This is phenomenal.  A few years ago someone might have scoffed at the possibility of such a thing, yet there it is (assuming it has not been super-photo-shopped, which I assume it has not - looks pretty real).  Some things that seem "supernatural" turn out to have quite natural explanations - we just don't always know about them yet.

Well there is a scientific explanation for the levitation (don't ask me to explain, I'm not a scientist) which is how they managed to levitate the object in the first place. This was never something that looked supernatural because it was designed in an experiment. I think it doesn't work unless the object is cooled to the temperature of liquid nitrogen and somehow gains superconductivity which locks it in place to the magnet.
Reality is the stuff that doesn't go away when you stop believing in it ~ Matt Dillahunty
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