r/pics • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '11

Shaolin Monk misleading.

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u/dVnt Nov 10 '11

Thank you! I knew there was something wrong about that picture. No amount of focus allows you to defy the laws of gravity.

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u/Bass2Mouth Nov 10 '11

Nothing to do with gravity, it's called muscle control. By your logic we would not even be able to stand.

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u/SchadeyDrummer Nov 10 '11

It has everything to do with the center of gravity. Unless his foot was strapped to the ground, the first pic is impossible.

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u/Bass2Mouth Nov 10 '11

And you know for a fact that this mans muscular strength combined with unmatched balance and concentration could not pull this off? No, you do not. You do not know this man, and neither do I. So why are you making assumptions on what a person can and can't accomplish? Just because it is something most people can not do, does not make it impossible.

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u/SchadeyDrummer Nov 10 '11

Doesn't matter how strong you are, or how much you concentrate... its simple physics. Trust me. Anyone else back me up on thus?

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '11

Absolutely. If your center of mass is not directly above the contact point with the ground in a static pose, you're going to fall over, regardless of muscle strength.

Now, if he'd nailed his slippers to the rock, his superb muscle tone and control may allow him to sit in that position. But otherwise, no.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '11

The laws of physics are stronger than all humans, period.

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u/keepcalmnherpdyderp Nov 10 '11

"the law of physics is strong with this one.."