no, it can't perform perpetuum motion, because the ball would have to go to the start position after it traveled up the slide and fell through the hole. but when rolling towards the start position it will be slown down and even stopped by the magnetic field (which is stronger towards the hole) before reaching the start-position, so you have to MAKE it roll back to the start-position and therefore it is no perpetuum mobile.


Uh the perpetual motion thing is wrong since no magnet will last forever without any energy applied to it. All magnets will slowly lose their magnetism.


if you wanna work with/at vsauce you've gotta have a beard


Your dead wrong about the physics here Mike. The magnet doesn't have over positive energy, and the kinetic energy of the ball is neutral because it's stuck in the field. Perpetual motion machines are a fantasy, they ignore the first law of thermodynamics, which is a law as universal as gravity.


When he said "Don't blink" did anyone else think Doctor Who?


Wtf i was reading the comments and the playlist brought me here.. lol


reminds me of like-likes from ocarina of time


I'm the only one who doesn't have a playlist


It is not theoretically a route to perpetual motion...


i was too busy reading the top comments in the last video.. i missed it :(


shit i blinked ... missed the last video


POKE S.M.O.T xD I couldn't help it sorry...0.o


@TheDubDoubt Why would I comment about that? Makes no sense :/


does vsauce wanna explain the "theoretically it is route to perpetual motion"? i love vsauce but this sounds like psuedoscience bs


It is bs. Sad because these guys are usually stop on.


I was typing a comment in the previous video and then...


It is NOT a route to perpetual motion you fucking idiot


stop this fucker making leanback videos.. they fucking suck compared to Michael's.


I find this difficult to masturbate to...