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Unfortunately, the underlying phenomenon, zero point energy, appears to have become the inspiration for a new crop of pseudoscientific snake-oil claims of "free
by danans 7y ago
Unfortunately, the underlying phenomenon, zero point energy, appears to have become the inspiration for a new crop of pseudoscientific snake-oil claims of "free energy" producing devices. These claims are being, well ... perpetuated on the internet.
Here is an readable, blog-style rebuttal of the claim that zero point energy is harnessable as an infinite energy source:
https://scienceblogs.com/principles/2011/05/11/the-real-point-of-zero-point https://scienceblogs.com/principles/2011/05/11/the-real-poin...
And here is a video debunking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh898Yr5YZ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh898Yr5YZ8
- wuliwong 7y agoIf this stuff bothers you a lot, I suggest not brining it up as a topic when it isn't being discussed already.
- brysonreece 7y agoIgnorance isn't always bliss. It's good to recognize, discuss, and learn about the motives behind alternative ways of thinking, even if we don't always agree with them.
- danans 7y agoTo the contrary, I think that bringing it up along with references that demonstrate why its false helps inoculate people against it.
- rafaelvasco 7y agoHave men became omniscient ? Have Science already discovered and understood everything there is ? No. So, saying that free energy is impossible is shortsighted at best; Why people spend so much time trying to debunk everything instead of searching the Truth themselves ? The more I dispose myself of my ignorance the more I see how blind humanity is to what is around us;