JRE #2152 - Terrence Howard · Aired May 22, 2024
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I paid for my own experiments to disprove gravity using magnets and a rotating coil system.
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Magnetic levitation, including the diamagnetic kind, works by balancing gravity with an equal and opposite magnetic force, not by getting rid of gravity. An object floating above magnets is held up the same way a book is held up by a table, two forces canceling out while gravity keeps acting on it the whole time. No magnet and coil setup has shown that gravity doesn't exist, and physicists have not accepted claims that it disproves the force.
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Is it true that I paid for my own experiments to disprove gravity using magnets and a rotating coil system?
No, not as stated. Magnetic levitation, including the diamagnetic kind, works by balancing gravity with an equal and opposite magnetic force, not by getting rid of gravity. An object floating above magnets is held up the same way a book is held up by a table, two forces canceling out while gravity keeps acting on it the whole time. It was said on JRE #2152 - Terrence Howard, aired May 22, 2024, at 2:52:15. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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