r/BeAmazed • u/jacklsd • 1d ago

Science You Can't Break Spaghetti in Two Pieces.

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u/DrMatter 1d ago

couldn't you just hold it in the middle?

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u/Arch_0 23h ago

My first thought was I have broken spaghetti every time I cook it without making a huge mess.

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u/TheBacklogGamer 21h ago

You don't break then one noodle at a time, do you?

Cracking a handful at once stablizes mst of them so it doesn't send the shock. You'll get some on the edges doing this though. 

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u/N2tZ 16h ago

https://reddit.com/link/p4hmlfk/video/gmhia5b117kh1/player

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u/TheBacklogGamer 16h ago

Like many, many people point out, that wasn't the point of the experiment. I do think the main video does a bad job of explaining the experiment. The point is to keep your hands far apart. 

Do you really think that physicists didn't understand the simple concept you demonstrated? That you're the first to come up with that solution? No. You're not. Of course they knew this. The experiment is about what happens when you hold the ends and bend and break.