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Why can't they walk though a brick wall?

why would you think anyone could?
breaking down a wall is not walking through it, it's making a hole in it.

you can't walk through walls because the electrons in the wall repel the ones in your body.
it's why you can't phase your hand through your computer screen either, unless you are immortal and can do it trillions of times, then it might happen...

good luck with that though.
 
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Technically it would be possible via quantum tunneling, but the probability is so low that it would never happen.

well yeah that is what i mean when i said, you would have to do it trillions of times.
you would be dead before it would happen.

or you are buckaroo banzai.
in that case you have a car, and you are a cowboy surgeon who is also a rock star and a secret agent.
 
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So, what did you improve?

All of the forces and energies involved are already known. Their relationships are known. The effects of friction is known.

So what is your improvement?

That is to put everything in an order so that the dragonfly can remain its moving continuously
 
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except you aren't doing anything like that, what you are doing is trying to do something that is impossible due to how physics works.

it's more like you are trying to walk through a brick wall by ignoring the basic fact that humans can't walk through walls.

Hi,

The main problem is that my model is still working. Are principles always right? If they conflict with experiment, why can't we change their contents?
 
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Yes that was the point. It is not anything solid in the wall. It is the energy generated by the electrons.
Energy isn't being generated by the electrons, they're simply electromagnetically repelling you. And there is something solid in the wall, it's just concentrated into discrete lumps (QM notwithstanding).
 
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Energy isn't being generated by the electrons, they're simply electromagnetically repelling you. And there is something solid in the wall, it's just concentrated into discrete lumps (QM notwithstanding).
What is solid is only 99.9999999999% of the wall. John in the Bible writes about how Jesus appeared even though the door was locked. [FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]John 20 26 "Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" I have read reports of this with some of the native american indian religions also. Although I do not know how that could be verified.
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It's been said before, but it's never going to work and will always stop eventually.
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Why is it some human beings can't understand that you cannot create a perpetual motion machine with zero energy input unless there is absolutely zero friction (which is basically impossible to achieve)?

There was a farmer in Alberta maybe 10 years ago that was saying he had created an engine that 'ran on nothing'/was a perpetual motion machine (or smth similar). Of course many other farmers and locals (and my dad) were all talking about this and 'was it true?' and 'ooo ooo aahhh aahhh' nonesense.
I told my dad - look -- just calm down and think about it for just a moment ... it is ridiculous. They teach you in 2nd year engineering (thermodynamics) with laws of energy that it all has to ADD UP!! so where is the energy coming from that you are losing to friction?!?!?! ... anyways eventually of course everyone realized that the engine didn't run forever ...

the part that upsets me ISN'T that eveyone was talking about it or that the farmer wasn't telling the truth -- HE actually thought he was onto something. What bothers me is that he WASTED honestly thousands of hours of his own time and thousands of dollars for nothing ... was he really that arrogant that he believed that ALL of the professors in hundreds of universities over decades just couldn't come up with a perpetual motion machine on their own with 150+ IQ and research funding, libraries, grad students (read: slave labour :) ), etc. !?!?

I'm not saying not to be creative but work smarter, not harder ... a couple of hours at the front end of that would have perhaps changed his direction and maybe in the end he would have actually created or discovered something useful ... /end rant.
 
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That is to put everything in an order so that the dragonfly can remain its moving continuously
Please stop this nonesense. I don't know rules of these forums but what you are stating here borders on flat out lying - although I don't think you understand that what you are claiming is not true.
 
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What is solid is only 99.9999999999% of the wall. John in the Bible writes about how Jesus appeared even though the door was locked. [FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]John 20 26 "Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!"[/FONT]

I tend to think that was a miracle rather than quantum tunneling.
 
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What is solid is only 99.9999999999% of the wall.
I can see what you're trying to say, but your execution is amusingly off :p

John in the Bible writes about how Jesus appeared even though the door was locked. John 20 26 "Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!"
Yes, well, I'm disinclined to believe the Bible's supernatural claims on its say-so alone. In any case, what's the relevance?

have read reports of this with some of the native american indian religions also.
Could you cite these reports?

Although I do not know how that could be verified.
The same way we verify everything else: hypothesis, prediction, experiment, observation.
 
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Please stop this nonesense. I don't know rules of these forums but what you are stating here borders on flat out lying - although I don't think you understand that what you are claiming is not true.
Then I don't think it qualifies as 'lying'. Lying is usually the act of deliberately and knowingly untruths (aka 'lies') with the intent to deceive. If he genuinely believes his claims, then he is simply uttering untruths.
 
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Then I don't think it qualifies as 'lying'. Lying is usually the act of deliberately and knowingly untruths (aka 'lies') with the intent to deceive. If he genuinely believes his claims, then he is simply uttering untruths.
Yes -- lying is a bit much ...
But I think people need to be responsible with the spread of information so that they are not spreading misinformation.
 
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Yes -- lying is a bit much ...
But I think people need to be responsible with the spread of information so that they are not spreading misinformation.

Information related to an experiment, in my case, is simply the exact description of what I observed. Maybe I am wrong in developing my research, but at least I am not telling anything untruth
 
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Information related to an experiment, in my case, is simply the exact description of what I observed. Maybe I am wrong in developing my research, but at least I am not telling anything untruth
Knowingly, at least. The problem with perpetual motion machines is that they contradict a mathematical law, the premises of which encompass the machine they're trying to build.
 
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Knowingly, at least. The problem with perpetual motion machines is that they contradict a mathematical law, the premises of which encompass the machine they're trying to build.
Thanks Wiccan.
I really should not have said 'lied' -- wrt this thread I'm an engineer and am familiar with a decent level of thermodynamics and physics and so I am also familiar with the laws of physics to know that perpetual motion machines are impossible.
Stating otherwise or the possibility otherwise would be akin to someone stating in front of a medical professional that in thier village they might have discovered a new form of birth control because it seems like in their village girls that have stood up immediately after intercourse have not become pregnant ... the medical professional of course KNOWS better.

I could give several examples of experiences in my life where people have unintentionally spread misinformation to me - such as how to lose body fat -- which resulted in years of frustration and wasted effort for me ... and I wish that if those people hadn't know what they were talking about they would have had the serenity to just remain silent - perhaps someone who actually knew something on the topic could have helped. It is ok to not say anything or just listen than to spread information that you are not sure is correct ...
 
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