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I agree the second paragraph is personal and meta, and I don't like it either. But if I ever go down a rabbit hole and end up detached from reality, I would lo
by BoppreH 12y ago
I agree the second paragraph is personal and meta, and I don't like it either.
But if I ever go down a rabbit hole and end up detached from reality, I would love to have someone to tip me off. It's like pointing out someone's fly is open.
Maybe OP is perfectly sane and just got confused on the physics of this system. Maybe they are very young. Or I misread their comment. In that case, OP has my deepest apologies.
It's just that perpetual motion is a well known trap for intelligent people; and expressions like "first real perpetual motion machine" and "provide back the energy to the battery somehow" make me worry that a fellow human being is going down the wrong path.
- dang 12y agoThanks for clarifying the helpful intention behind the comment. That does make sense. Probably all it needed to do was make the intention a bit more explicit, so it wouldn't be mistaken for one-upmanship. By the way, your reply was so neutral and respectful that I didn't realize you were the original commenter. That's remarkable, so thank you.