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Not to be a snob but I have a problem with the quality of this paper. Take the following passage: "Actually, even the simplest prototype of our proposal, i.e.
by mr_gibbins 6y ago
Not to be a snob but I have a problem with the quality of this paper. Take the following passage:
"Actually, even the simplest prototype of our proposal, i.e. the neutrino factory of GeV range needs substantial R & D work. We also note that a 1000 TeV machine requires the accelerator circumference of the order of 1000 km with the magnets of ≃ 10 Tesla which is totally ridiculous."
Assigning such value-laden language as 'totally ridiculous' could be explained away as simply an artefact of translation, but it continues...
"Even if it becomes the reality, the cost of the construction is of the order of or more than 100 billion US$."
According to whom?
"Also we note that the power required for the operation of the machine may exceed 50 GW"
Again - reference?
"... taking the efficiency into account. This is above the total power of Great Britain. This implies that no single country will be able to afford the construction of this machine..."
Does it? How does GB power production imply that one of the superpowers could not build such a device? Might as well say that the power required is 100x the power output of the DRC, or that it is equivalent to the acoustic energy of 40 million duck quacks, or 1/5 the energy emitted by the Sun in 200 milliseconds. These comparisons add nothing to the paper.
"... and also the operation time must be strictly restricted. We believe the only way this machine may be built is when all the countries on earth agree to do it by creating an organization which may be called the “World Government” for which this device becomes the means of enforcement."
World government??? Since when was this a political paper? We already have many multinational organisations - NATO, WHO, some for atomic energy.
I've no doubt the paper was written in good faith but this really, really needed an editor and some peer review. Something that arxiv.org, as much as I support its core aims, sorely lacks.
- civilian 6y agoI really liked the candid tone, and I think it was appropriate given the highly theoretical topic of the paper. And of course they're saying "some World Government", they don't want to make predictions about whether it'd be NATO or the UN, just some world collaboration.