Jed wrote:
> Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: > > >>Of course, if it really is a perpetual motion machine, then this'll be > >>the biggest thing since Relativity, > > > >It'll be the biggest thing since Principia Mathematica. It's much bigger > >than relativity. > > > >PM of the first kind using static magnets goes down to the bedrock of all > >physics for the last couple centuries and dynamites it. > > Exactly right. What is it strange is that many of the people making these > claims, including some well-educated ones, do not seem to realize this. I > have never bought this notion that "extraordinary claims call for blah blah > blah . . ." But people should at least be cognizant of the fact that they > are making extraordinary claims! And they should expect disbelief, and be > ready to deal with it. They should offer rock solid evidence even if it is > not extraordinary. > > Ditto claims by Mills and Correa. As far as I know, the only anomalous > energy claim that has claimed any scientific basis in conventional theory > is cold fusion. Of course many people disagree, but Hagelstein and others > believe it can be explained with textbook physics. Jed's brush is too wide. Mills does not claim 'anomalous energy', there is a measureable fuel consumption, many documentated and detailes experiments, and confirmation by other observers. He needs to do his homework more carefully. Mike Carrell
