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| title    = Gyroscopes
 
| title    = Gyroscopes
 
| image    = gyroscopes.png
 
| image    = gyroscopes.png
| titletext = We didn't actually land on the moon -- it just looked like we did because of precession. Also, gyroscopes caused 9/11.
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| titletext = We didn't actually land on the moon -- it just looked like we did because of precession. Also, gyroscopes caused 9 11.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
[[Cueball]] is playing with a {{w|gyroscope}}. Even though he has studied them and intellectually understands their behaviour, they still seem somewhat mysterious. At the end of the comic, the gyroscope is revealed to have the power of levitation and to apparently be a sentient lifeform (it talks to him).
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[[Cueball]] is playing with a {{w|Gyroscope}} what makes fun to him. Even when he did understand how this momentum should work he likes to play with it. And at the end the Gyroscope is talking to him.
  
In the title text, [[Randall]] is mocking the {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}} and refers to the {{w|lunar precession}} in process. Gyroscopes and the lunar orbit both exhibit precession, a physical concept that non-scientists can find hard to grasp. Thus, it is a perfect subject for a lunar conspiracy theory. He goes on to claim that gyroscopes (which form part of the navigation system of every commercial airplane) were directly responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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At the title text [[Randall]] is claiming mankind did not land on the moon because of lack of precession. Meaning that the Gyroscopes did turn in a weird way. This is referring to all this stupid {{w|Moon landing conspiracy theories}}. But on the other hand that Gyroscopes did cause the 9/11 incident helping to hit that targets accurate.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[Cueball sits at a desk with a gyroscope in his hands. Text on top of the frame:]
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:[Cueball at desk with Gyroscope]
:Despite years of studying physics, I still find gyroscopes a little freaky.
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:Cueball: Despite years of studying physics, I still find gyroscopes a little freaky.
:[Cueball starts the gyroscope.]
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:[Cueball starts gyroscope with a zzzzip]
:Gyroscope: zzzzip
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:[Gyroscope spins with a zzzzzz]
 
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:[Gyroscope lifts into the air]
:[The gyroscope spins.]
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:Gyroscope: Greetings, Human.
:Gyroscope: zzzzzz
 
 
 
:[Frameless panel, the gyroscope lifts into the air.]
 
 
 
:[The gyroscope moves away from Cueball, still spinning.]
 
:Gyroscope: G<big><sub>R</sub></big>E<big><sub>E</sub></big>T<big><sub>I</sub></big>N<big><sub>G</sub></big>S, H<big><sub>U</sub></big>M<big><sub>A</sub></big>N.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Physics]]
 

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