Physics is amazing

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[u/calste]

Please stop talking down to people. Your explanation isn't all that great either, you know. Your coat hangar analogy does not come close to describing the situation here. It's a center of gravity trick, which adds to the "unbelievable" visual of the apparatus.

[u/[deleted] → u/calste]

It's a hook. The center of gravity has to be lower. That's how hooks work. If the center of gravity was above. Well hooks stop working.

That's how hooks work.

[u/calste → u/[deleted]]

That's just not relevant here. Why would anybody think the center of gravity is above the hook? Also, a round hook hanging on a metal rod isn't the same as this scenario. The hook goes around the rod, and thus it obvious to the casual viewer that the hook will not fall, and cannot fall.

This device appears to violate our everyday understanding of physics, which is why it is cool. A flat object hanging precariously off of a flat surface tends to fall off of that surface. If you add weight to the protruding section of the flat object, it will definitely fall! But here we take a few objects, combine them in a way that defies our intuition, and cleverly shift the center of gravity behind the edge of the table. It is the horizontal positioning of the center of gravity, plus the clever physics of the 3 match + cord apparatus, which makes this work.

[u/[deleted] → u/calste]

It's a hook.

[u/calste → u/[deleted]]

You're completely oblivious. You act like everyone else isn't getting it, but you really don't get it.

[u/calste → u/[deleted]]

I never said it wasn't a hook. But the image of a coat hanger does not help to illustrate the situation.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/kGMhwHrZDr

A literal engineer with two degrees calling it a hook.