Whemp, video doesn't lie. I guess the first law of thermodynamics is wrong.
103Well it is now.
First law of thermodynamics: You don't talk about thermodynamics
47Third law of thermodynamics: Someone yells stop, goes limp, taps out, the dynamic is over.
Fourth law of thermodynamics: Only two thermos to a dynamic.
Fifth law of thermodynamics: One dynamic at a time
Sixth law of thermodynamics: No shirts, no shoes
Seventh law of thermodynamics: dynamics will go on as long as they have to
Eighth law of thermodynamics; if this is your first thermo, you have to dynamic.
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Somebody should send this to Elon Musk.
82Who?
18Why, I don't get it.
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I'm a big stupid and can come one smart explain why this doesn't work in reality?
38I know there are a lot of replies already, but I feel like the best way to explain is it's similar to trying to push a car while you're in it.
45I think this is the best answer. Just because magnetism is not visible doesn't make it magic. The source of the forces doesn't change where those forces go. A lot of these perpetual motion machines can be simplified to a situation that makes intuitive sense.
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Basically, as much as the magnet on the car is pushing it forward, the magnet on the stick is pulling it back and it doesn't go anywhere.
33One magnet does not pull on the other, both are pulling on each other.
24It is both pushing and pulling at the same time.
19It doesn't work because, while the front magnet is pulling the car magnet forward, the car magnet is also pulling the front magnet backwards and the front magnet is also attached to the car, so it cancels out.
15In simplest terms, the two magnets are trying to pull toward each other equally. But when you glue them on the board, that glue holds the magnets apart, and "pushes" them the same amount that the magnets "pull" towards each other, hence no movement.
There would only be a movement if one side was pulling more than the other. The hand is providing that imbalance at first which moved the car.
13Its a remote control car
12I haven't been able to locate the link again, but the full video shows they're using a hairdryer to push it.
4It’s probably just on a slight incline. Much simpler
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Magnet want to pull and stick to each other of the different pole. When it glued to the car, the one on the cardboard will want to move toward the car and the one on the front hood will want to move toward the cardboard. The force cancel each other out so no movement will happen.
7In this situation the magnets act much like a spring, so imagine changing the magnets on the stick and the car for a simple spring. That is much more easier to visualize.
4Ok when not glued: both magnets get pulled to each other. The hand has to use some force in order to stay in place, so the car moves.
When glued: both magnets still get pulled to each other, but now the force is cancelled out since the force that would pull it forward also has to be used to hold the other in place.
4I think it's the same as trying to give a sailboat acceleration by trying to blow the sails while standing on deck.
3Not quite the same as the two magnets. If you have a big fan and a square sail, you're moving air, which has mass and is not attached to the boat. That alone will cause a force that moves the boat backwards. The moving air that hits the sail will not fully cancel that force due to frictional losses and air spillage from the edges.
Racing yachts are a different story. They have rigid sails that are shaped like airfoils. Blowing across an airfoil causes lift. So a big fan blowing perpendicular to the axis of the boat across such a sail would move the boat forward. But it's much more efficient for the fan to blow backwards without the sail, hence airboats and hovercraft.
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The magnets are not pulling it forward.
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My favorite part of any perpetual motion machine is where they hide the battery
23Cover yourself in oil
12No one is commenting about the magnet on the back of the car and possibly a magnet in the person's hand causing the rear magnet to repel against the hand magnet?
8Oh yeah, it's big brain time
7very funny though i love it
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