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in all seriousness, this just seems to be grad students having fun...

• modzu 7y ago
  note the "unknown probability of success". why can't the probability be calculated? because based on known assumptions, it's 0. that means for the probability to be above 0, some of our assumptions have to be wrong (ie new physics). is it possible? are genies real? could be. we'd have to rub all the lamps to check. despite the fact that genies have not been "disproven", nobody seriously considers systematically rubbing lamps because of the cost:benefit. similarly, serious physicists don't even consider exploring cold fusion. but i see no problem at all with research going on at this level and any good scientist should be equally curious and skeptical