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Post by Azaziel on Oct 30, 2008 19:12:54 GMT 10
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 30, 2008 20:16:19 GMT 10
While Leedskalnin did not reveal the methods used in his constructions, I suggest we need look no further than common levers, fulcrums and pulleys: Together they do a pretty good job of defying gravity. Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world
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Post by maximus on Oct 31, 2008 1:32:41 GMT 10
It lost me at the mention of anti-gravity.
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Post by synchronicity on Oct 31, 2008 1:53:32 GMT 10
It lost me at the mention of anti-gravity. It lost me at the mention of numbers! ;D No, seriously. It says, "If you don't follow some of the numbers keep watching anyway. (They will pass.)" Trouble is, they d on't, in fact, they just keep getting more and more far-fetched.  For example, Phi (the Golden Ratio) is not just 1.618 (as claimed in the video) but a much longer number beginning with 1.6180339887... And I am not satisfied these ratios achieve anything on a practical level. I mean, the flywheel has not been shown to work, has it? IMHO, much as it would be nice to have a neat explanation of things (isn't that every mathematician's dream?) that's not what we've got here. It just looks as though the author has been reading too much into a lot of things. To me it looks like an odd little garden with a sign saying there is an admission fee of 10 cents, please drop it below. And that is NOT written on a six-pointed star, either. And sorry, that ain't a bell in the Masonic temple, but a level, and you can't "ring" that "twice"! ;D |
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