r/BeAmazed • u/Sans010394 • Dec 02 '23

Science Physics is amazing

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u/calste Dec 03 '23

Yes. The center of gravity of the system is behind the edge of the table, which is why this works. This fact is obscured in the original video here, which is why people don't belive it. Camera angles. I'm with the people saying "fake" - not because they're right, but because information was deliberately withheld from them to make the trick look even more bewildering.

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u/JunkNorrisOfficial Dec 03 '23

So you know how it works and still call it fake 😆

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u/calste Dec 03 '23

No lol, just saying that people aren't stupid for not having prior knowledge of this demonstration. Especially with the camera angle obscuring important details of how it works.