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Given the potential upsides, I would say it's worth finding the errors in this reactionless drive. Even if it turns out to be just a fantasy the poorly understo

• jessriedel 12y ago
  That seems like a compelling position until you're exposed to a million such cases. There's no end to the number of weird, malfunctioning pieces of equipment or complicated many-body systems for which we have a theory that sort of explains them with a few poorly understood wrinkles.
  • saalweachter 12y ago
    Yes, yes, a million times yes. In a world as big as ours, it's reasonable to diversify your investments and keep a few million to one long-shots going, but it's important not to lose sight of the odds. Buy a lotto ticket every now and again, but put the bulk of your money in a 401k or other solid investment. In this case, I think we're giving this idea more or less exactly the right amount of attention: one dedicated crank (and I use that term lovingly) devoting his life to his crazy theory, and a handful of less invested others occasionally checking in on it. If he can make it work, fantastic, if he can't, well, we didn't waste too much on it.