What makes this guy's psi wheel move?

Heat convection, like I suggested in one of the other threads, yay SG ;) :
Scientists will tell you that the warmth of your hands causes the air on that side of the wheel to heat up; since heat rises, the warm air goes up, creating an upward current that spins the psi wheel. Try getting your hand warmer by cupping your hands on your mouth and blowing, then immediately try to rotate the wheel. Does it work better that way? Try sticking your hand in the freezer, then rotate the wheel. Does it work?
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Here's a related phenomena: Crookes radiometerWP*

*(note Wiki will be temporarily blacked out in English to protest some US copyright laws)
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
Guess no one payed much attention to my post.
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I did. :)

And you missed one. From last January, there's: Scientific Sceptic Vs. Pseudoscience sceptic :D

If you find any more let me know and I'll add the psi wheels tag to make it easier to locate.

(And for anyone starting such a thread and desiring to self-tag, please note that the standard tag is psi wheels, not psi wheel. In general if there's a choice between using a singular or a plural, please use the plural. Hence the standard tag is UFOs, not UFO; psychics, not psychic; Supreme Court cases, not Supreme Court case; etc.)
 
Quick! Someone pat Skeptic Ginger on the back before she twists her arm out of socket!! :D ;) :p
 
I love how these videos are always of pieces of paper or foil moving that are lightly balanced.

Screw that psi people, if you think you've got it I want to see you lift an x-wing or something similarly heavy.
 
Cubeless said:
Unlike videos by obvious fraudsters where camera tricks are clearly easy to pull off, or Darryl Sloan's videos where the wheel's movement is so slight as to be non-notable, in this one there seems a definite correlation between the movement of the dude's hands and the movement of his psi wheel.
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If he's doing it with his mind, why must he use his hands?

I can move stuff with my mind if I'm allowed to use my hands.
 
Its an old trick. It's breathing moving the foil wheel. This was slam dunked on a british talk show in the 80s when the host showed off his own "psychic powers".
 
aggle-rithm said:
If he's doing it with his mind, why must he use his hands?

I can move stuff with my mind if I'm allowed to use my hands.
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:D
Best post.

Welcome to JREF, Clueless........erm Cubeless. I kid, I kid!!!:)

If anyone on this earth could move even one molecule with his mind, I would think we would have known about it by now. Walmart would be selling foil spinners that generate cell phone charging voltages for $29.95.

The effort to move these psi wheels reminds me of someone trying to take a crap.
 
Alpha1 said:
During Project Alpha, Banachek and I created a similar effect with aluminum and paper rotors under what appeared to be sealed bell jars. Paper and aluminum rotors were used to eliminate magnets, and the inside ofthe bell jar was sparyed with an anti-static spray to eliminate static electricity.

We found it easy to seat the bell jar to a position that it wasn't flush with the bottom stand. By surrepticiously blowing on the jar, the air would follow the edge of the bell jar, blow through the small bottom crack and move the rotor. By shifting the position of our heads, we could actually cause the rotor to stop and turn the other direction.

Very convincing, but alas, nothing paranormal (nor overly complicated).

Mike Edwards
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Talking of "blowing". This is always worth seeing if you haven't

Randi puts James Hydrick in his place..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlfMsZwr8rc
 
Tomtomkent said:
Its an old trick. It's breathing moving the foil wheel. This was slam dunked on a british talk show in the 80s when the host showed off his own "psychic powers".
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You can put a plastic or glass container over it and it still works. It's heat from one's hands causing an air current around the device.
 
I am looking at the size and shape of that jar and where it is being placed on the table, and it seems to me as if the far(north) side of the jar would be hanging over the edge, leaving a gap.
 
Interesting stuff. There are more tricks up the psi wheel movers' sleeves than I ever realized.
 
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