This block of sand defies physics

[soothsayer]

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This block of sand defies physics

[nuxvomica]

1. We are but sand reinforced by our values

This is how we find strength, Grasshopper.

[soothsayer]

2. Metaphors be real!

[Wounded Bear]

3. IIRC the Great Wall of China uses this principle in some of its length...

in areas where stone was harder to transport in, they used sand/earth with layers of grass/reeds/branches.

[soothsayer]

4. Fascinating

[judeling]

5. It is Physics

it doesn't defy it.

[Javaman]

8. +1

exactly. what it defies is observation; like a magic trick.

[USALiberal]

9. LOL, ok! nt

[JHB]

6. In other words, it doesn't really defy physics. It does what it does BECAUSE of physics.

Predictable.

[marie999]

7. It's not a block of sand.

It's a block made up of sand and reinforced with fiberglass window screen.