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Post by mrp on Feb 21, 2017 12:28:11 GMT
I reckon Mc Culloch will win a nobel one day physicsfromtheedge.blogspot.com.au/Check his responses to his critics. Gold! He is polite and makes them look like petty gutternsipes. |
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Post by sherri on Feb 21, 2017 22:18:02 GMT
I can't pretend to know one way or another whether his theories are on track, but I would agree with him that rather than criticising him, other researchers would be better having an open mind and checking things out.
he could well be right. They could be wrong.
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Post by mrp on Feb 21, 2017 23:05:32 GMT
The thing is - 17 published, refereed, peer reviewed papers an his models have a high goodness of fit and no fudge factor.
The implications are:
Dark matter probably is a myth, or is at least rare and not as important as we think.
The EM Drive works and is explainable in "simple" terms.
"Free" energy is a possibility as at a cosmic level, the conservation of matter and energy need not hold (re: cosmic expansion). He has already started discussing concepts like a "Casimir drive".
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Post by mrp on Feb 22, 2017 9:58:58 GMT
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Post by sherri on Feb 22, 2017 20:53:07 GMT
I read about a study done many years back. The brightest sparks in UK were tracked from high school into adult life. These were the brightest of the bright.
Apparently the initial conclusion was one of disappointment. Those analysing the data felt that several of those who showed promise had gone into useless branches of research & weren't contributing to the important streams.
But later on, someone in an article was musing that if the brightest people found those side forks of science worthy of study, then maybe it was the rest of the world that was wrong to judge them a waste of time. Maybe other scientists needed to have another look.
Perhaps this is a similar sort of situation. You have someone bright who has done some research that has promise, but is being ridiculed or ignored because it goes against mainstream opinions.
I don't think opposition will last forever though, not if it really has promise.
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Post by mrp on Feb 23, 2017 6:21:35 GMT
Cynicism, wrapped up in pseudo scepticism isn't real scepticism.
These people are making a religion out of established science.
It is like when the French didn't believe the Wright Brothers until someone flew a plane into France.
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Post by sherri on Feb 23, 2017 9:35:25 GMT
Science is just as caught up in supporting the status quo as any other area.
It's as dependent on money as any other business.
Politics & science both have people who get caught up with almost a religious fervour.
It's human nature.
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Post by mrp on Feb 23, 2017 23:16:24 GMT
It is frustrating though. Back in 1998, German scientists moved small amounts of matter around a room...by teleporting it.
Was this front page news? No.
NASA/JPL successfully tested the EM drive, and there are hundreds of cynics on the web who reckon that they don't know what they are talking about.
Some of these people won't believe or have any interest until we start having interstellar travel as a normal event, which could happen in my lifetime.
The "sceptics" will never admit that they were wrong either.
I think part of this goes down to how viable interstellar flight would change our belief systems and relation to government and the like. It is a bit like sailing off the edge of the world. Some people can't handle how change will force them to change how they perceive the world.
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Post by sherri on Feb 24, 2017 22:54:27 GMT
There have been a few amazing scientific endeavours where I have been surprised to see they get a small column, if that, on about page 5, while something fairly ordinary is splashed across the front page.
It is the way of the world. I am a bit cynical about media. If you look at it, actors, TV personalities, sports stars, media and the like are often on huge salaries. It is taken for granted, deemed to be nothing less than their due, no one questions it. But they get paid more than most rocket scientists, so to speak.  Skewed values.
I have also read about-I think it was time travel (forwards), but only an atom or molecule or something minute. And as you say, teleportation.
What amazes one generation becomes mundane to future generations. I am guessing we won't see a lot of media interest till they see more practical applications.
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Post by mrp on Feb 25, 2017 8:39:46 GMT
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