Quote Originally Posted by BABY J
In the pic below. I want you to get the 2nd plate (from the top). You can NOT lift the top plate, but you may touch it. How do you do it. Please answer... this is important.
That's different, because now you are dealing with inertia.

Let me play your game. What happens if you were to SLOWLY pull a table cloth from a set table with glass and plates... will the plates not SLOWLY move back at you? How do you prevent that? By having someone hold the glass and plates no doubt? That holding is the opposite force or trust applied to keep the plates and glasses set.