I remember the "box" test, or rather, I recall reading about it on
Vortex. As I recall it involved placing a box (covered with aluminum
foil IIRC, or maybe aluminum foil and copper foil layers, alternating)
somewhere in the middle of the room and hanging a thermometer above it.
The thermometer produced an anomalously high reading (half a degree
higher than expected, something like that).
The argument I recall was over whether the box really had some magical
property, or whether the air currents in the room were doing something
entirely conventional but none the less unexpected which resulted in the
slight temperature change. As far as I can recall it devolved into
shouting and nothing was ever done to try to verify or contradict the
speculation that the effect being measured was some sort of "sorting"
effect rather than a new source of energy. I also can't recall any
mention of a "control" experiment being done to check whether a box
without the fancy lining would have produced the same effect. The whole
thing seemed pretty unconvincing to me.
(If I weren't a lazy slob I'd go dig in my Vortex email from the period
rather than just relying on faulty memory...)
On 05/28/2016 09:01 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
The other thing I (think I) recall about the brouhaha is that
disagreement over the Correas had a lot to do with it.
Replication is all, and they didn't have it.
Oh, yes. The Correas did claim to be replicating Orgone energy. See:
http://www.aetherometry.com/Aetherometry_Intro/Orgone_Motor_Intro.php
I did not like them, their attitude or their work. They claimed the
energy comes from the sun and goes through the earth at night, sort of
like neutrinos. I figured if it go through the earth, it should pass
through a detector or collector without imparting significant energy.
I suggested they try it underground in a basement, at night. They
didn't try that. I do not understand why someone would make that claim
and then refuse to do the obvious test of it.
I seem to recall they did it in sunlight with a solar cell as part of
the gadget. Maybe that was a bad dream?
However, as I recall, Gene worked with someone else who claimed to
replicate Orgone energy. The device was basically a wooden box. It did
not seem convincing but I paid little attention to it, so I cannot judge.
- Jed
