@wonderofscience@mastodon.social
2026-05-13 23:55 UTC
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@Blort@social.tchncs.de 2026-05-14 00:01
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social I am definitely the metronome on the left... "doin' ma own thang.... yea, just doin' my own thang....and... oh shit! Everyone else is doing something different! .... [takes 20 more beats to catch up]"
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@horqua@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 01:50
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social what is the physics principle behind the synchronization?
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@rayotron@mstdn.social 2026-05-14 03:14
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social That explains why I've never seen a skateboarder holding a metronome. Here's a pdf of a paper which explains the phenomenon: https://pages.mtu.edu/~struther/Courses/OLD/Fall2014/4535/PDFs/Syncronization_of_metronomes_Pantaleone.pdf
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@seb321@toot.community 2026-05-14 04:30
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social peer pressure
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@murdoc@autistics.life 2026-05-14 06:23
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social The power of rock and roll.
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@SofaFernsehFan@swiss.social 2026-05-14 07:53
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social Proven: It Works if all the metronomes run with the same speed setting. What about differing speed settings?
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@hpg@mastodon.de 2026-05-14 08:01
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social it is the same with out can on the ground?
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@lefreak@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 10:44
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social there is a Mythbusters episode about this. 😊
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@brucewayneakabatman@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 11:41
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social 😂😂
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@colinstu@birdbutt.com 2026-05-14 15:16
@wonderofscience@mastodon.social @gothpanda@pandapla.net I need to hear this. Edit: oh good, the vid on the source link does have audio!