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There's a substantial difference between someone dismissing your idea, and someone demonstrating how it breaks the laws of physics. Every project will have its

by neotek 10y ago

There's a substantial difference between someone dismissing your idea, and someone demonstrating how it breaks the laws of physics. Every project will have its naysayers, yes, but when your idea is literally impossible maybe it's time to listen to them.

benologist 10y ago
NASA's currently testing an engine that isn't supposed to be possible - http://www.space.com/26713-impossible-space-engine-nasa-test.html http://www.space.com/26713-impossible-space-engine-nasa-test... In space where flight also wasn't supposed to be possible - https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13556-10-impossibilities-conquered-by-science https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13556-10-impossibilit... "Impossible" has been wrong before.
- neotek 10y ago
  How ironic you should choose the EmDrive, which has been thoroughly busted[1] in much the same way as Water Seer et al, as your example. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCAqDA8IfR4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCAqDA8IfR4
  - benologist 10y ago
    EM drive was just a recent example of my point - that people touting a little bit of science have been wrong to declare something impossible many times. NASA and others are still testing those drives so last year might be a bit premature to write the idea off? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster
    - neotek 10y ago
      >EM drive was just a recent example of my point - that people touting a little bit of science have been wrong to declare something impossible many times. Your example busts your point wide open!
    - mbrumlow 10y ago
      The difference is we don't know how the EM drive is working (or are we sure it is working). The 3 projects in the parents flat out don't work, and we know why they don't work -- or at least know to what extent they will work. By the logic you have presented then we should be funding projects that wish to compress all 8 bit connotations into 7 bits. I can go make a nice video of how awesome it would be if we could do this. How it would change the world. Literally, if somebody could compress every 8 bit combination into 7 bits it would change the world overnight. Should we fund a product that advertises it could do this with a nice video and a website?

by neotek 10y ago

benologist 10y ago

NASA's currently testing an engine that isn't supposed to be possible - http://www.space.com/26713-impossible-space-engine-nasa-test.html http://www.space.com/26713-impossible-space-engine-nasa-test... In space where flight also wasn't supposed to be possible - https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13556-10-impossibilities-conquered-by-science https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13556-10-impossibilit... "Impossible" has been wrong before.

neotek 10y ago
How ironic you should choose the EmDrive, which has been thoroughly busted[1] in much the same way as Water Seer et al, as your example. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCAqDA8IfR4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCAqDA8IfR4
- benologist 10y ago
  EM drive was just a recent example of my point - that people touting a little bit of science have been wrong to declare something impossible many times. NASA and others are still testing those drives so last year might be a bit premature to write the idea off? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster
  - neotek 10y ago
    >EM drive was just a recent example of my point - that people touting a little bit of science have been wrong to declare something impossible many times. Your example busts your point wide open!
  - mbrumlow 10y ago
    The difference is we don't know how the EM drive is working (or are we sure it is working). The 3 projects in the parents flat out don't work, and we know why they don't work -- or at least know to what extent they will work. By the logic you have presented then we should be funding projects that wish to compress all 8 bit connotations into 7 bits. I can go make a nice video of how awesome it would be if we could do this. How it would change the world. Literally, if somebody could compress every 8 bit combination into 7 bits it would change the world overnight. Should we fund a product that advertises it could do this with a nice video and a website?