The Leaning Tower of Cardsa

Defy gravity with this card stacking technique!
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This episode of Scam School was made by:
• Brian Brushwood
• Jon Tilton
• Brandt Hughes
• Bryce Castillo
• Roberto Villegas
Shot on location at Spider House Cafe in Austin, TX

[@seanf00]

That sponsor skit was AMAZING

[@JasperLiang]

Brian, please stop screwing with gravity. :P

[@bl4ckscor3]

The guy on the left somehow reminds me of Veritasium...

[@Bibibosh]

tottally!!

[@Bibibosh]

his doppleganger!!

[@YouWillNeverKnowMan]

I thought the exact same thing! xD

[@davidmathews2521]

+bl4ckscor3 I was about to check the title again for "featuring Veritasium"

[@hardwaregawd2902]

+YouWillNeverKnowMan me too

[@MsHojat]

One thing about those all-access cards is that they are not uniform weight, so they could potentially go even further than something uniform in weight distribution. Probably not by much though unless it was specifically designed for the task.

[@scamschool]

MsHojat good point.

[@tacocat2394]

A FUCKING TEACHER IN A BAR AWESOME

[@scamschool]

+Taco Cat I... can't tell if you're serious or not. Shane's awesome, and I'm afraid we'll have words if you claim otherwise.

[@tacocat2394]

+Scam School HE IS AWESOME MY TEACHERS DON'T EVEN LOOK LIKE THEY TALK ABOUT BARS

[@acediamond5399]

+Taco Cat Determining subjects' likelihood to discuss bars by their appearance alone seems a subject beyond the scope of Scam School.

[@tacocat2394]

Man fuck this

[@aajjeee]

there is 0% that yout teacher didnt get fucked up in college and univerity (source: in university)

[@Esriil]

I can't believe this show is still going. Its been so long. Glad to see it still going strong. Also have the same glasses frames as Brian, although I've had mine for a while, very coincidental for my first episode back.

[@scamschool]

+chriss7290 oh, wow! (BTW, wonderful to see you back.)

[@ronaldb6417]

He tells us that everey card is half the length forward of the last card seen from the top. Starting with the first card 1/2 it's lengt forward. This way we have the total length forward as the sum of 1/2n with 0

[@thegreatzoom5073]

P-series test my guy. 1/2n^1 is divergent.

[@freezinater]

5:01 to skip the Domain ad.

[@scamschool]

rhghd1 Shame on you. You want us to go back to boring ad-reads? Then just keep up that behavior, mister!

[@soolazyitscrazy5424]

+Scam School you mad bro?

[@operasinger2126]

rhghd1 How dare you scam the scam school.

[@jesusduarte9891]

thanks

[@KerrankiSuomee]

rhghd1 Oh please.. Stop being so rude. This guy works hard to bring us free content and you decide to disrespect him by not watching a clip that is mere few seconds long.

[@TheFuriousGamer101]

GREEN TEA IS GREEN TEA IF IT'S JUST GREEN TEA!

[@goonergfx7797]

+NinjaPlays FOUUUSEEEEYYYY

[@goonergfx7797]

+NinjaPlays BRUUUUH BRUUUH

[@SimonKalla]

Eyooooo

[@tayabarr1113]

yes bruh bruhs

[@TheSekCXpert]

we are taking over bruh bruh

[@jacobpetrakos6032]

Now...GIVE AWAY ALL THOSE CARDS!

[@hellterminator]

-OK, here's my problem with their explanation: The limit of the series of partial sums of the geometric series 1/2^n starting from n=1 is 1, meaning that with infinitely many cards, you can go 1 length over but never more. There's obviously some other physical phenomenon at play here.- Wrong series. We're summing 1/(2*n) which is divergent, so you can go as far over as you like.

[@lancemyers545]

You're right, but that isn't what they are summing. They are adding 1/(2n) not 1/(2^n).

[@hellterminator]

Lance Myers Right. How silly of me. In my defense he didn't say what series it was and only mentioned the first two numbers in the series and I just assumed the series was 1/2^n. I should have verifies my assumption. Thanks for clearing this up.

[@RimsideStudios]

+hellterminator +Lance Myers I just witnessed.... Two rocket scientists? I think that's what this is.

[@jackschreiber4397]

+RimsideStudios or someone with a basic understanding of 9th grade math

[@hellterminator]

Jack schreiber Yeah, that's closer to the truth. They didn't teach us limits in (our equivalent of) high school but they were literally the first thing I learned when I started university.

[@doesitmatter1667]

Note: If you guys look at the description, guy on the left is NOT Derek from Veritasium

[@LimitRX]

funniest domain.com commercial to date was laughing my pants off XD

[@benjaminbrady2385]

"That's sounded dirty, but send me pictures" -Brian Brushwood

[@SpeedMaXimum]

I actually just came up with a pretty simple equation that states how far the N'th card needs to be offset in respect to the previous card. (countig from top to buttom) Looking at card N, when the equilibrium of moments between all the cards above N-1 (two above and following) and N-1 (one above) is fullfilled at point P, then that point is the enter of mass of all cards above N. Since the center of mass of everything above is always placed right on the edge of the card below, the two masses, we are after, have the distance C/2. In my model X is the cooridnate of that point P and (X) as well as (C/2-X) are the levers at which the two masses aply their forces. SO: C= Length of a card X= Required displacement M= Mass of one card M * (N - 2) * X = M * (C/2 - X) | delete M N*X - 2*X = C/2 - X | solve for X X * (1 + N - 2) = C/2 X * (N - 1) = C/2 -> X = (C/2)/(N - 1) Soooo running that through my calculator gave me: X(N=1)= ERROR, duh! X(N=2)= 0,5 C X(N=3)= 0,25 C X(N=4)= 0,167 C X(N=5)= 0.125 C And the total offset can be calculated by the Sum of (C/2)/(N-1) from N=1 to I=number of total cards which for 5 gives you 1.0417 -> one card's length

[@henryviii4629]

1/2n where n = number of cards used.

[@masterblack693]

diggin the actual not rediculous hair dew

[@scamschool]

+masterblack693 Welcome to 2012!

[@masterblack693]

+Scam School holy shit! you replied! i thought I'd just be one of the random ass trolls in your comment section. does scam school ever go to spokane WA?

[@scamschool]

+masterblack693 we mostly shoot in Austin, but I've performed at ewu spokane a few times!

[@natashaparrott8593]

I went to a lecture were the lecturer used pizza boxes to balance over the end of a table. Instead of the series you used (1+.5+.25+...) he used 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5. He also had about 37 pizza boxes creating an arch in his living room

[@miguelmella]

I love how everybody is drunk... In every. Single. Video.

[@3lueoce512]

You should totally do 673 King Street. It's amazing when you do it right.

[@oscar9793]

How much would it cost to do this?

[@juhaniu6371]

Oscar Barr If you want to buy 80 of them it would be 720$. But ofc you want to buy them 200 straight for 1800

[@zaksuchomel9943]

For 80 it would be $720

[@Phonoman]

Oscar Barr Those are

[@ThickUP]

I didn't think you guys were still making videos, so subbing!

[@adamfattal468]

PLZ do a video on how to calculate what day of the week by knowing the date

[@ynwa73]

blog.artofmemory.com/how-to-calculate-the-day-of-the-week-4203.html

[@acediamond5399]

Pausing at 1:46...Okay, I'm sure there's some nifty trick that I'm not thinking of, but here's what I'm thinking by just going straight at it. Let's say we're building from LEFT to RIGHT. Build the stack up very high, offsetting each one EXTREMELY slightly, such that it is for all intents and purposes a straight stack. Then at some point begin offsetting them a little more so that you actually start to make some progress. Once you get one with the left edge directly above the center of the base card, you can place the final one with its left edge at the center of the previous card (or, you know, an infinitesimal distance to the left of its center, so it doesn't fall). My thinking is that having the weight of the whole stack so heavy toward the left side, it's center of gravity will stay to the left somewhat, within the base of support (i.e., the base card).[thinking a little more... I don't think this would work, because if you imagine the section from the point at which you began making significant offsets, to the top, you can consider that its own tower, which would itself fall off of the vertical base...]

[@acediamond5399]

+Ace Diamond Oh, I was pretty much correct, just without actual specific numbers or formulae. Never you mind my bracketed disclaimer.

[@nldefiant]

Hi Brian, check the student at the university of Delft in The Netherlands. Just youtube 'wereldrecord krattenbrug'. It maybe not exactly 100% similar because they do use support to build it. However in the end they do remove the support.

[@BigDBrian]

6:00 actually if you do that, you will reach the desired state only with an infinite amount of cards. What you need to do is follow a 1/x curve, but with a little bit of leniency so it doesn't get unstable.

[@guitarheroman202]

I'm pretty sure this wouldn't work inside a vacuum. Part of the reason it worked in the video is because atmospheric pressure holds the (cards?) in place against each other. But it's so minimal that the naked rye can't see it. If anyone can confirm or deny this, please do.

[@lohphat]

Who still drinks Coors? Oh, right. Hipsters. "Canoe-sex beer". "F*cking close to water."

[@peterboie]

Love this! Maybe cause I like playing with blocks...

[@MattPilcher]

Normally there are 52 Wednesdays in a year BUT In 2020 there will be 53 Wednesdays... You know what that means right?... An extra Scam School episode for that year!

[@SinkingDpr]

First video of yours that I'm watching...and what's a all access card?

[@nicholasguerra2498]

The promo in this video remonded me of late 90s antipiracy things

[@bottz2]

breaks into home... sits down at laptop... types for a little bit... gets up, grabs laptop, and runs...

[@stolenname94]

did you just steal a laptop?

[@rafaelgarza6597]

Man brain, im a big fan, I really am I watch your videos every day. seeing new scam, and new tricks, I learn a lot from your videos, i perform some magic but not a master at it, im from dallas. would love to get the chance to meet you in person and learn more tricks behind footage. and buy you a drink, i know you cant say NO to that lol. keep videos coming brother brian

[@cpotisch]

I imagine he did say no to this.

[@SecretRedBeard]

So, what was this episode Brian was talking about. The "Blow bubbles in the milk" Thing?

[@GumiBaer]

Okay, what episode have I missed. "Blow bubbles in the milk"

[@DrMd-jr3xt]

One day in English class, my friend and I used this to build a bridge of textbooks between our two desks and I could place my backpack on it and it supported it.

[@GxAxV]

so If I have a large deck like the 1st lot in the video and stacking in a straight vertical stack. then I slide the 3rd one from the bottom out more than 50% (weight of the rest on top holds it there) I'm sure I can then rest another card on the one sticking out in the same direction. I really thought that was going to be the answer lol.

[@d87fresh1]

That had to be like the coolest teacher ever, his students better appreciate him

[@athenabelle3501]

with the ad, you know the original ads on your VHS or old DVDs used copyrighted music right?

[@twilightknight123]

If you want to get technical, the guy who suggested a circular path is TECHNICALLY correct. You would always be going in a single direction, it would just be in the phi direction. He never said anything about using a Cartesian coordinate system...

[@jalouse369]

If you kept going circular, it would eventually do a 180 and face in the opposite direction.

[@twilightknight123]

Yes, that is how circles work. I'm not sure what you are trying to get at, though. Are you saying that because you would eventually "do a 180" and be facing the opposite direction, then you are not going in the same direction? Because if that is what you are saying, then you are correct in a Cartesian coordinate system (x, y, z system), but he never SPECIFICALLY said that. You could TECHNICALLY use a spherical coordinate system (rho, phi, theta system) where rho is the distance from the origin, phi is the angle in the xy-plane, and theta is the angle from the z-axis. What this means is that the phi direction is the direction that is always going in a circle of constant radius in the xy-plane. Since you sound like you don't know much about "advanced" math, I'll stop there.

[@TheGoreyDetails]

this is why those coin games at Dave and Busters are scams

[@arax20]

I love the guys in this video. They're hilarious!

[@stonedude1234]

0:47 It's "Not Brian" from the modern rouge on the left!

[@Volvary]

As a Trading Card Game player, I do this a lot when I'm bored, waiting for my opponents to play so I can confirm, plastic sleeved cardboard cards (such as used in TCGs) are perfect for doing this all the way to one and a half length.

[@connormcgillivray9925]

+Volvary What tcg?

[@Volvary]

Connor McGillivray The one your image refers to. I tend to do it with my Commanders.

[@connormcgillivray9925]

;)

[@connormcgillivray9925]

I will give it a go some time

[@patuni]

That ad XD I so remember those before rental DVDs

[@bjarnebraut5392]

that ad reminds me of the one that always was on dvd´s!!!

[@yourcurtainsareugly]

All those people saying that you don't use calculus after school. Well, here we have it. Calculus is useful everywhere if you actually bother to understand and apply it. Great video!

[@pbp6741]

These puzzles are a lot easier when the thumbnail is the answer.

[@Quintingent]

Haha! You cannot fool me Brian! I've seen this one before as well! ;)

[@uuuser653]

Brian does your hair get better every episode?

[@N1ghtwolfuniverse]

I can just imagine Brian as a parkour master.

[@toneoneonly]

Thanks Shwood. Neil Mike Tyson. Ha Ha. Cant wait to run in to you one day in the city.

[@jurieccilliers]

the flattest, longest object (which can support it's own weight) with the most friction would be a good place to start. (think of a micro-fluff covered playing card) Magnetic cards would be the best though.

[@nyu5135]

Isn't this also possible if the one most forward has weights above it? Surely that would work too?

[@VeryStupidChannel]

Anyone else pissed that one is turned wrong way in that pile?

[@fleshTH]

"That sounded dirty..... I want you to send me pictures!"

[@seihoukeh]

*Goes inside house to steal things*; "Oh, a laptop"; *Sits down*; "I think I will check and see whats on it". "OH, IT'S POR-"; *Realizes he's been here too long*; *takes laptop and nothing else* Slow clap for this guy. . .

[@FusionDeveloper]

If I hadn't see this video, I wouldn't have believed this was possible.

[@box_inabox]

Hey Brian I need help explaining physics to myself I just did this with a new deck of cards and got 3 lengths out before I ran out of halves and had 3 cards left. It was a pain though as the cards are linen finished and every time I placed a new card it wanted to float downhill on the stack. This made me think that half the reason I could get so far out was because of some form of air resistance or vacuum effect holding the cards together. I then blew on it and the whole thing drifted out another half inch before... nothing, it just floated there. My brain hurts.

[@w.dgaming9704]

was this a TV show and you uploaded the TV episodes to youtube or is this a youtube series

[@Jellylamps]

I used to do this as a kid with coasters at my house and show it off, leaning off a table.

[@jacksontaylor2717]

How long have you been performing Brian? Whether it be on stage or in front of the camera.

[@scamschool]

+Jackson Taylor hm... Since I was 18 or so... so, 20+ years now.

[@gplechuckiii]

you can use dimes, but it is a huge pain cause it is so hard to gauge. I used a roll and could get it just about 1.25 over. i'm thinking thought in a bar situation those square coasters might be just about perfect. i'll try it next time i'm out.

[@andyenriquez8332]

Love scam school can u do more fire type stuff or puzzles

[@kass4294]

He practically said that he's unbalanced, because he only had one cup of beer, he needs another!!!

[@samb7833]

Brian! We wants all access keys. Is that going to be the "gimme" this week?

[@timb1986]

Brandt is the ad ruleah, the new schooleah!

[@TiKayStyle]

What about the thickness of the cards? If they are infinitely thin, could it be infinitely wide?

[@michael1234252]

Is that Derek from Veritasium?

[@lord_matto8660]

michael1234252 I'm wondering the same thing he looks and sounds exactly like him

[@ManthaaHD]

the first thing that comes to my mind is making the things soaking wet. is this allowed or can i only use these things and adding other components like liquids is prohibited?

[@yitzchakepstein2142]

Before I watch the answer, I say yes. If you do it in a way where more than half are beyond the part before the half of the first one.

[@bushyman477]

Theoretically couldn't you make a diamond shape (going upwards), where you eventually extend past the full card length on both sides, and have counterweight cards on top going back towards center (hard to imagine, but like a diamond how it leaves center then goes back). The weight of the cards on top sandwiching the extended cards would stop it from falling

[@captain4948]

Yes

[@AverageThinking]

Yes but that was forbidden in the rules. 🙄

[@ThatVideoBlows]

This is a bit like being able to count to infinity in 2 minutes, correct? As long as you progress the sequence at every half of the remaining time; (1 minute = 1, 30 seconds = 2, 15 seconds = 3, and so on..) you can count to infinity, eventually halving an unimaginably small number, much like the distance you're halving with every level/rectangular object. Also, Brian let's kick it. You seem like a total bro.

[@scamschool]

+ThatVideoBlows yes. This is called Zeno's paradox: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradoxes

[@TheBoss0110101001]

I thought they were gonna get the cards a little wet so that they stick together and making the trick easier. This was pretty cool though.

[@josh52734]

I only just realised how useful rulers are during the ad... well, they are useful for criminals.

[@CosmosGTGaming]

+Josh Hoad IKR. LOL

[@AH.111]

Wait, is that Veritasium featured in this video?? Becaus eif it is, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS (and you Brian Brushwood) And Brian i forgot to mention that you have a TV show now called hacking the system. I love watching that TV show, Keep doing what you're doing and i love your videos!!!!!

[@theblazintruth8651]

What station

[@reziik6904]

+Adam Haidar Nope

[@AH.111]

What do you mean "Nope"

[@reziik6904]

+Adam Haidar It's not veritasium.

[@AH.111]

Do you even know who Veritasium is?

[@baconbliss4796]

now i want you to make one that goes over Niagara falls

[@thomasgray984]

Let me just pull out this giant box of weird metal pieces out in the middle of the bar to show you this cool trick I learned to do in a bar. Not strange at all to be lugging around this 40 pound box...

[@GCoda]

Thumbnail pic completely ruins it XD

[@youngpharoh1]

Where has scam school been Brian ?

[@scamschool]

Uh, reporting for duty every Wednesday night for 8 years straight. More importantly...Where have you been?

[@HamIAm]

+Scam School I Just want to thank you for your dedication. This is an amazing channel you run. I LOVE YIU BRIAN

[@745die]

You guys rock man

[@ElMuerte69]

LOOOL. WTF kind of question was that at 1:37. How could he be seriously asking that ?

[@sharke100]

"send me pictures of how far it flops" -B.B.

[@logan2812]

am i the only one who was bugged about the backwards card in the middle

[@IcepickL]

Very clever commercial.

[@EpicVideos2]

Anyone seen Matt Parker's video, where he did this, but with bricks?

[@No-AHH393]

Omg I love the ad on this one

[@MrYetiman82]

Brian! Dude! Where is the Tokyo Flash watch you usually wear? Don't tell me you sold out and got an iwatch? Yes, i know that's not what it's called, but c'mon!

[@ratatataraxia]

Used to frequent that cafe in ATX!

[@scamschool]

nice!

[@ethynstlys4068]

And now my brain hurts thanks guys

[@captain4948]

Yes! That was my hypothesis

[@brookelynngittings7726]

that looks so cool!!

[@christopherbondoc9402]

Is that their bartender friend? The one who has recently been teaching them how to make different drinks?

[@magicmike1122]

The mathematics behind this is quite complicated

[@rowansmith422]

I tried this with a deck of cards that had a slight bend, got all the way out but only when the top card was face up

[@3juliano680]

Sounds like "Scom school! Dot com! Scom school! Dot com!"

[@kmktruthserum9328]

what would it look like on a graph if the top one went until it touched the table again

[@_Jimboat]

the Neil Mike Tyson joke was smooth

[@Jmax816]

Love your apple watch I have the same one

[@Ricketan]

I ordered my bundle of cards and Stickers from test tube more then a week ago and they haven't arrived 😢😔