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November 6, 2005

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8 year old kid admitted to University in Korea. Apparently this kid really wants to build flying cars (heh):

"It [Schroedinger's Equation] goes against Newton's law. Everything on earth gets drawn to the surface by gravity, but in the case of flying cars, it's different," Song said. "There should exist the same opposite magnitude of power as the earth's gravity-pull. So, a balance is formed between gravity and reaction, which makes flying cars float in the atmosphere," he explained.

Either I'm really dumb, or this sounds like complete BS.

This also smells of a huge publicity stunt.

Posted by roy on November 6, 2005 at 09:06 AM in Ramblings | 10 Comments

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ghost_tree (guest)
Comment posted on November 6th, 2005 at 11:25 PM
I smell BS.

I see his parents fist pumping.

I hear them saying "chiching!".
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Leedar
Comment posted on November 6th, 2005 at 06:41 PM
If this isn't BS, you just know something tragic is going to happen.
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middlemountain
Comment posted on November 6th, 2005 at 04:44 PM
"If I build a flying car, gravity won't apply. Duh. You see, it's different in the case of flying cars. Gravity just doesn't seem to work on them. Obviously, I've never observed this, but come on, if I build a flying car, it has to fly, otherwise, it's not a flying car, so gravity must not apply to them. You know, like Schrodinger's eqn. Syllogisms and shit."
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hapy
Comment posted on November 6th, 2005 at 03:58 PM
what's gravity?
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HK1997
Comment posted on November 6th, 2005 at 01:46 PM
are you jealous?
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boogiesan
Comment posted on November 6th, 2005 at 11:34 AM
I'm still trying to figure out how helicopters stay up there. :-)
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roy
Comment posted on November 6th, 2005 at 08:11 PM
i do believe they have to hire a magician to sprinkle anti-gravity dust on the helicopter ;)
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linders1025
Comment posted on November 6th, 2005 at 11:03 AM
BS

but hey, an 8 yr old who knows about schroedinger?? that's impressive

imagine him @ 18?? perhaps then he can make flying cars
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carecare
Comment posted on November 6th, 2005 at 11:01 AM
yup sounds like total bs to me. the "opposite magnitude of power" is called the LIFT force and is the same reason why planes fly.
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pinklemonade
Comment posted on November 6th, 2005 at 09:35 AM
he sounds smart because he is using big words, but with the little that i know of physics, it doesnt seem like he is saying anything really new or interesting at all.
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