Well… Actually there is some logic behind scaleup in many endeavors. The iron and steel industry were built on economies of scale – for instance, so we know it works in situations where the rationale is not completely clear. ITER is an example of having a false rationale due to a muddled understanding of parameters, and represents another extreme in the spectrum of self-delusion. At least Danzik has not yet wasted billions.
The gravity machine - RAR – from Brazil, undoubtedly cost millions to supersize – and the expense was incurred by people who had operated a successful ongoing business so they were self-delusional but likely had more of a rational basis than we realize. Inventors are often charismatic beyond all rationality - as the Rossi fiasco has shown. Plus there were reports that the RAR machine did self-rotate for extended periods with no load. Same with a few magmo efforts. If the magnetic field – in general - could be boosted by gravity then there is some reason to try to scale up a magmo in mass in order to use gravity - and these French researchers are not ignorant of the implications of their findings - but Catch-22, the benefit of gravity to magnetism is slight – parts per thousand. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2814-earths-magnetic-field-boosts-gravity/ Plus, the Danzik device does not appear to be going in that direction other than he indicates the 90 degree PTO is needed. In the end, experiment rules. I would love to see a clear exception to the LoT. Consequently, I hope the Danzik thing is not another scam, but as of now – he has not been able to convince many skeptics. From: Jed Rothwell JonesBeene wrote: Nevertheless, I predict that humans will keep on trying to “supersize it” – even as Dennis Danzik adds his name to a long list of failures… It is odd how people like this think "it will work if only I try it on a large scale." Like . . . I don't know, the ITER tokamak reactor? (Ha, ha. They have technical reasons for scaling up. Maybe not good ones, but technical.) There have been many gratuitously scaled up experiments, such as Maxim's airplane (https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1738.htm), and that giant machine that is supposedly powered by gravity. In South America? I can't remember where.
