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Yet another perpetual motion machine company with 60M in funding
- Jasber 18y agoThe Grand Unified Theory of Classical Physics, a 1771‑page work that he’s self-published on his Web site. It claims to offer explanations with no “spookiness or weirdness” for quantum phenomena like entanglement, as well as some extraordinary predictions: that under certain conditions electrons acquire antigravity properties, which Mills calls “the fifth force,” and that the mysterious dark matter permeating the universe consists of large hydrino agglomerations. Link: http://www.blacklightpower.com/theory/book.shtml http://www.blacklightpower.com/theory/book.shtml
- rms 18y agoLooks like an E8 on the cover. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E8_%28mathematics%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E8_%28mathematics%29 And here is something of a summary of his theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrino http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrino
- dcminter 18y agoTo be picky, snake oil/crank rather than perpetual motion per se by the sound of it.
- sh1mmer 18y agoSurely that would be snake hydrogen, if we are being picky. Isn't he trying to solve the "oil problem"? ;)
- Devilboy 18y agoUgh. Hopefully they're as entertaining as the Steorn idiots, those investors should get SOMETHING for that money.
- jodrellblank 18y agoSo, a distinguished but elderly scientist says it's impossible, eh? Where do I sign up?! ;)
- Eliezer 18y agoThis is actually more like "the entire physics community speaking in unison" which is slightly more formidable especially when they use actual math rather than just making stuff up a la Lord Kelvin.
- khafra 18y agoI'm reserving judgement--if it doesn't get a lot of publicity and garner a large following of believers, it might still be true (http://thinkexist.com/quotation/when-however-the_lay_public_rallies_round_an_idea/168206.html http://thinkexist.com/quotation/when-however-the_lay_public_...)
- Retric 18y agoHint: "The other would use a batch operation, in which some catalyst is successively retrieved, recycled, and reinserted for a new cycle." You don't need to recycle catalyst's. One off bursts of energy are easy to fudge so it seems like something interesting is happening when it's not.
- Eliezer 18y agoHey, at least their story isn't as silly and they didn't get as much funding as the Catholic Church.
- eru 18y agoYet.
- coryrc 18y agoIs there a step-by-step guide by a former person like this on how they obtain funding? I (and a few co-founders) could set up gas->electric vehicle conversion centers around the country and rake in the dough for this amount of money. How can someone like this get sixty million!?
- biohacker42 18y agoThese guys are not good at doing what they say, but they are VERY good at faking it. Is it then any surprise that people who are very good at faking it can raise a lot of money? Why do you think business guys wear suits, it's a costume, for theater.
- trapper 18y agoCan someone with a physics background explain his theory, and whether his theory has been tested experimentally yet?
- Raphael 18y agoIn this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
- watmough 18y agoI thought is was interesting that the calorific contribution from oxidising the metal of the experimental chamber was estimated at 1% of produced energy. A decimal place can be, either here ... or here. So many people want to believe that this can be true. However, like consistent 12% annual returns, and flying cars, it seems more likely that 'BlackLight Power' is more of a vehicle to fund Randall Mills retirement, than a real possibility of a revolutionary source of near-free energy. Obviously, if it does turn out to be true, the scientific world may have to take his grand-unified theory a little bit more seriously.
- rms 18y agoI feel bad for all those employees that are going to lose their jobs when the runway is over.
- DanielBMarkham 18y agoI liked the Steorn guys better. I mean -- full page ads challenging scientists to disprove them! That took some chutzpah.
- gamble 18y agoTurns out that Bernie Madoff did invest some of his fund!