> That’s not how magnets behave because you missed the part where he switches polarity and it still stands up
But a different corner stands up. How do you explain that?
The way it looks to me, the leftmost corner of the flake has one pole of the magnet, and the bottom-most corner has a different pole. That's why different corners float when the magnet is reversed.
Like I said, I'm no physicist, but this looks like every other magnet I played with as a child. Please help me understand how this is any different.
No. All of these videos show the same part of the flake being repelled by both sides of the magnet, as well as other videos showing that the sample does not attract.
> All of these videos show the same part of the flake being repelled by both sides of the magnet
I'm afraid we are not seeing the same, then. In this [0] video I can clearly see a different corner of the flake being repelled at 2:07 ~ 2:13 versus 2:27 ~ 2:30.
However, I agree that the other videos people like you have posted on this thread show materials that are not ferromagnetic.
That does not disprove my statement. As I noted in my more in-depth breakdown, compare 1:55 vs. 3:03 - you will see the same corner being lifted despite opposite sides of the magnet being used to lift it.
