Hi forumers,

Guess it's not too late to wish our Chinese friends a prosperous new year.

What really amazed me every year during a day known as 'Lap Chun' in Chinese calender is whereby someone will be able to 'stand' an (or more) egg(s) and they believed it can only be done on that day only.

Does anyone knows what's the scientific explaination behind?

if I'm not mistaken it's because of that day the earth provide the strongest magnetic field.

nah......just go and buy some eggs and balance them......

it can be done any time

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Added on February 8, 2012, 2:00 amit's the day i was borned

This post has been edited by slimey: Feb 8 2012, 02:00 AM

the explanation is people are just too lazy to actually go and carry out the experiment (looking at you ). So they just assume the claim is true.

I don't believe it is.

you're wrong! i did experimented it successfully until today!

http://www.allanstime.com/UnifiedFieldTheory/egg/index.html

thanks! very informative.

but it said it was between Sep & Dec (US), but here in Malaysia (Asia), it is happening around this time?

They stood up many eggs on the kitchen table, and even posted a picture as proof. Good for them!

Then they went on to say that doing this is easier during the equinox, and goes into an explanation about "diallel gravitational lines". Never heard of that. Nevermind.

The thing I noted is, they never actually carried out any experiment to show that it's easier to do so during the equinox. They just said it. Where are the numbers? I'll prefer a double blind experiment, perhaps involving people who do not believe that it's easier to stand up eggs during the equinox.

And their "equinox time" theory flatly contracts what frankzane hears, where it's only possible to stand up eggs during a completely different time of the year.

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Added on February 9, 2012, 8:29 amYou tried it on the day before, the day itself, and the day after?

And you visited your non-Chinese neighbour (who have never heard of this theory before) and watch him trying to do this on those 3 days?

This isn't double blind, but I'll settle for single-blind.

This post has been edited by dkk: Feb 9 2012, 08:29 AM

Seems like egg standing during specific events is not just limited to just the few events listed here. Here's another one to add to the list, lunar eclipses.

Group in Penang tries egg-balancing acts during lunar eclipse

It doesn't really sound like it is a unique occurrence. It could probably happen on any day of the week.

Another thing to consider, no two egg is identical. So it possible for some egg to be easier to stand than others. Eggs also change over time so being able to stand on one day and not on another is a possibility.

Why so complicated? Isn't it due to the moon and earth gravitation pull during lunar eclipse? My primary school teacher only tell us it was the special day, then I heard it from national radio station explaining the occurrence in science.

Read the article, they pretty much said it has nothing to do with the eclipse of the moon.

Who are the bunch of student deny it and no reason given is fact? Since when science taught them that?

Read the article, the students were not the one making the claim.

Better yet, are there any source of information that support this in the first place?

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Added on February 10, 2012, 7:34 amBased on this-http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/egg_history.html, seems that Lap Chun and the equinox event maybe related and equally wrong.

This post has been edited by Eventless: Feb 10 2012, 07:34 AM

TS,
Which day is lap chun?

It was on Sunday, I think, right?

This post has been edited by giomanach: Feb 10 2012, 09:17 AM

There is no scientific study on this phenomenon and you rule out any possibilities, how did people found out about it long time ago? You have to dismiss something with reason not just by saying its not.

Actually you have to prove that it is true, not the other way around. Is there an actual study that says that this can only happen during that day?

i tried on other days the egg can stand as well..

i think when we can balance it the egg will stand

I see, I was under the impression that its a mystery discovered by people in the past, seems like its more of a myth like valentine's day. But why? I have seen plenty of pictures of people who did that in a row not just one egg, maybe its related to fung shui yet to be uncover. The person who did extensive research did not try it everyday to debunk it either.

This post has been edited by 3dassets: Feb 10 2012, 02:13 PM

Given that singa89 managed to do it during normal days pretty much proves that it can be done anytime with the right egg. Based on the description of this myth by the TS, it is pretty much busted if you could do it during any other days.