On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]>wrote:
> People seem to be missing the essential issue here. A theory gives > information about a process or phenomenon that is required to make it > happen on demand. > ***Has your theory brought LENR to this point? > The Wright Brothers had a theory - it was called the theory of lift. > ***No, they did not. The theories of lift came in the 1920's, well after airplanes had been flying and doing their stuff. If you prefer an easier example, the guys who invented the cigarette lighter didn't have to publish theories of plasma or flame just to have their invention patented. But Gibbs seems to think that this is now a requirement for LENR hot water heaters, even though it was not a requirement for previous hot water heaters. > They were the first to understand this process, which allowed them to have > the success that was missing when flight was attempted without this > understanding. > ***They were the first to understand the need for roll control, then they proceeded to conquer what they called "well digging", which was a control reversal problem, and finally they put an engine on their contraption which was what everyone at the time was trying to do. They did not need to put first-principles theories of flight in their patent. Gibbs seems to think this has been a requirement all along.
