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Why a heavy object makes a lighter one feel weightless

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If you pick up an unbelievably heavy cinder block, and then immediately pick up a perfectly normal dictionary, the book will temporarily feel like it is filled with helium. The contrast effect radically warps your physical perception by maliciously anchoring your baseline to the extreme extreme, rendering you momentarily incapable of feeling actual reality.

Why a heavy object makes a lighter one feel weightless
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