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Maybe the pressure the knots hold is enough to maintain rows of sections of the material in close enough range for the casimir effect to apply, making making so
by BiteCode_dev 4y ago
Maybe the pressure the knots hold is enough to maintain rows of sections of the material in close enough range for the casimir effect to apply, making making some part of it flexible (the material) and some part of it super resistant (the quantum fluctuation zone) which ends up giving this property.
- t344344 4y agoWay too big for quantum stuff, it is just plain friction.
- BiteCode_dev 4y agoMost probably, but throwing geckos at knots is more fun.
- bqmjjx0kac 4y agoIt won't pass the IRB if you describe it like that.
- bglazer 4y agoThe adhesion of the gecko’s foot is caused by van der waals forces, not the Casimir effect, just fyi
- BiteCode_dev 4y agoThank you for correcting me.