Levitation (from Latin levitas "lightness") is the process by which an object is
- suspended against gravity
- in a stable position
- without physical contact

I kinda like the definition of levitation... even though he fails on all points..

If you are to suspend yourself against gravity (all gravity).. You would no longer fall towards the earth, and as the earth moves you would simply continue on your on trajectory trough (and your corpse will fly out of) our solar system at roughly 100,000 km/h.

I'm sure if you do it inside, you might be able to stay on earth due to the surrounding walls, but you better hope there's noone around who wanna play a prank on "the floating guy who tries to pick up girls using magic tricks"... I mean.. once you establish how to have gravity not affect you, it might take some time to figure out how to reverse it..

I dont think this guy has learned to levitate, but if he ever figure it out, i'm sure The Hoff would do the right thing...

^ By "the right thing" do you mean eat a cheeseburger while drunk?

>> ^bovan:
If you are to suspend yourself against gravity (all gravity).. You would no longer fall towards the earth, and as the earth moves you would simply continue on your on trajectory trough (and your corpse will fly out of) our solar system at roughly 100,000 km/h.

I'm sure if you do it inside, you might be able to stay on earth due to the surrounding walls, but you better hope there's noone around who wanna play a prank on "the floating guy who tries to pick up girls using magic tricks".


I imagine hitting the wall, ceiling, etc. at 100,000 km/h might leave a bit of a stain.

Too short, I can't tell what's going on. Was he intending this is a comic routine or did he actually screw up? What was the conversation with the judges like?

I imagine hitting the wall, ceiling, etc. at 100,000 km/h might leave a bit of a stain.


as long as the earth is moving as well, i assume you would not experience that you and the earths speed are that much different..
however, a slight push out the door could end up fairly interesting

>> ^bovan:

I kinda like the definition of levitation... even though he fails on all points..
If you are to suspend yourself against gravity (all gravity).. You would no longer fall towards the earth, and as the earth moves you would simply continue on your on trajectory trough (and your corpse will fly out of) our solar system at roughly 100,000 km/h.
I'm sure if you do it inside, you might be able to stay on earth due to the surrounding walls, but you better hope there's noone around who wanna play a prank on "the floating guy who tries to pick up girls using magic tricks"... I mean.. once you establish how to have gravity not affect you, it might take some time to figure out how to reverse it..


You need to go back to physics 1 and revisit relative motion. In the universe you describe above (100Mm/h bloodstain) you also wouldn't be able to throw a tennis ball straight up while riding inside a train without the ball impaling you as soon as it leaves your hand...

anti-gravity or levitation is simply finding a way to produce and apply a constant force of 9.8 m/s^2 in the "up" direction. ("up" defined as the vector pointing away from the center of the earth).

q.e.d. this guy fails at life.

How'd this go in rehearsal?