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Arthur, I understand completely your point. I also disagree, but I cannot think of anyway of explaining to you why this wont work. Unfortunately it is not down to your two axioms. There is simply more to it. Someone with a good understanding of physics should clearly explain why this wont work, not ...

Ok, attacthed here is an oversimplified drawing of a circular SMOT with a return ramp(forgive me, I can't draw!). I saw a similar drawing before, and people have probably even tried it. But what is wrong with it? Never have I seen someone actually disprove it. Sorry, but "thermodynamics" i...

If the Earth was completely shut off from the rest of space then eventually nuclear power might start heating the Earth. I don't think nuclear power has caused enough heat yet to actually warm the Earth, but global warming contributes to nuclear power's effects, since global warming stops heat from ...

ovyyus wrote: Dropping the ball off the end of the ramp is easily achieved when the ball is allowed to drop to a position that is lower than the ramp entry level.

Could you elaborate on that? Why does the ball need to be dropped to a position that is lower than the entry level?

This is my first post, so...yeah... At first I thought the reason why the SMOT didn't work was because the ball couldn't pass the final magnet. Then I realised that this problem has been solved, and I have seen videos of the ball dropping after gaining about 1 cm in height. So now what is the proble...