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Re:Flux Pinning in sample of LK-99 by mcpackieh on Sunday August 06, 2023 @10:34AM (#37022392)
The point of the illusions in a good magicians act is that they look like magic. If the illusions look like invisible strings/etc, then they were poorly done. Even if you know there must be a string, it shouldn't look that way.

So what I'm saying is that even if it's reasonable to deduce that this supposed magnet is being suspended from a string, it doesn't look like it is. If it is fake, it's a well-done illusion not a shoddy illusion.

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Re:Flux Pinning in sample of LK-99 by incrudible on Sunday August 06, 2023 @11:53AM (#37023216)
Whether it "looks like it's on a string" is highly subjective. Suppose I primed you by saying: Look at this speck of dirt on a string, does it look like a speck of dirt on a string to you?

https://imgur.com/a/AY1oaIO

In all likelyhood, your answer would be: Yes, it does.

It's clear however that a lot of us (myself included) don't want to see a speck of dirt on a string. They want to see history in the making.

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