I am a theoretical physicist and currently Director of UCITE (University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education) at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. I am the author of three books: God vs. Darwin: The War Between Evolution and Creationism in the Classroom (2009), The Achievement Gap in US education: Canaries in the Mine (2005), and Quest for Truth: Scientific Progress and Religious Beliefs (2000). Disclaimer: The views expressed in this blog are my personal ones and are not those of UCITE or Case Western Reserve University. If you wish, you can send me an email by clicking here.
Hindu mystics have long been claiming that they can, by sheer will and/or the intervention of god, levitate off the ground. Here is one way it is done.
A good rule of thumb is that if something violates the laws of science, it is not a miracle, it is not by 'harnessing the energy field' or some such Deepak Chopraesque mumbo-jumbo, and it is not due to a god. It is merely a trick. The only question to be explored is how the trick is carried out.
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Good video. There was an interesting one that was linked, following yours, called the "supernatural revealed in india" about a team that goes around demonstrating to people how these tricks are performed. It's cool to think that there's a team of debunkers going around India exposing these tricks. I've gotta get me one of those chairs though so I can "levitate" too.
He's flying! ! !
Oh, wait...
he's sit on the chair (_ _")
@Mio
Ahaaahaa...
I thought he's flying too
But, it's only tricks