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Why are denialists not interested in a paranormal power that can be done at home by anyone brave enough to try? ?

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Lay or sit a lad on a flat surface or sat in a chair. no matter what they weugh they can be lifted by four other lads using only two fingers each.

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  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    The new EZ version is boring. You just gotta see the old version! No fingers and they leave the lad up there by himself until he pukes!🤮

  • 3 weeks ago

    I dare say that a 600-pound person could not be lifted by four friends using just their fingertips.  But most people aren't anywhere near 600 pounds.

    First of all, most of the people who try this party trick (and that's all it is, a trick) are young people.  So right off the bat we're biased towards a smaller weight.  Let's say you're a high school freshman and you weigh... maybe 120 pounds?  Divided four ways, that's only 30 pounds that each person has to support on their fingertips, provided they space their fingertips evenly around your body.

    30 pounds on two fingers?  Easily done!  Ever carry a heavy bag of groceries with the bag's handles looped around just two fingers?  No sweat.

    There's nothing supernatural about it.  It's just physics.

    And before you fire off more supernatural-themed questions about things like Ouija boards, psychics, ghosts, etc, please keep this in mind.

    It's all fake.  All of it.  Paranormal stuff doesn't exist.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    3 weeks ago

    Your update is not paranormal. 

  • 3 weeks ago

    I think the original asker must have had incredibly weak fingers and that was why he was so astounded that other people could easily lift a moderately heavy weight using theirs.

    Obviously no normal rational adult would be so intrigued by this paltry pyjama party pastime. 

  • John
    Lv 7
    3 weeks ago

    I can comfortably lift 3 stone with two fingers, perhaps more, provided I've got a couple knuckles worth of grip and nothing pinching. So that means 6 stone is doable for just me. Get three other blokes and that's 24 stone. 

    So yeah, you're right, it works. But it isn't paranormal. It's just a bit of arithmetic. 

    Here's a fun experiment for the paranormalist to do. Do this experiment where a load cell is sandwiched between the fingers and the object being lifted for each of the participants. See if the combined load measurements equals the weight of the object or not. Put the whole thing to rest then.

     

  • Dr. NG
    Lv 7
    3 weeks ago

    Since I'm not blocked from answering, you must not be the same one that asked this very silly question last time. Unlike him, it's doubtful you're being serious, but who knows? I'd love to hear the original's answer to this question, not having balls he'll probably report it instead. 

    Anyway, the trick to this game is weight distribution and very easy for anyone to figure out.

  • Anonymous
    3 weeks ago

    Fantasy for the weak minded

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