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Sweet. Best case, we get a new awesome thrusters. Worst case, we get the learn new things. So far these drives have pass tests and stumped experts and researc
by digitalzombie 11y ago
Sweet.
Best case, we get a new awesome thrusters.
Worst case, we get the learn new things. So far these drives have pass tests and stumped experts and researchers. So even if it doesn't violate the current laws of physic, it'll paint a better picture of the current laws of physic and better testing method in the future.
- issa 11y agoThis is exactly my attitude. I'm shocked that people don't think twice about spending money on frivolous or even harmful things, but balk at the idea of paying for pure research.
- Retra 11y agoYou don't want to shovel fuel into a crackpot industry. That actually prevents real science from being done.
- Intermernet 11y agoBeing snarky, but a lot of the world's consumer economy can be seen as shoveling fuel at crackpot industries. You're correct, but I'd rather a few million dollars going to this research than a few million dollars going to some magnetic-healing-band toting pseudo-guru. The "first world" wastes ridiculous amounts of money every second. Can we divert at least some of it to disproving crack-pot scientific ideas? It'd at least be entertaining (like Mythbusters on steroids!).
- issa 11y agoThis isn't an example of a "crackpot" theory. Everyone seems to agree that SOMETHING is happening. Even if the explanation is simply known-physics (which is overwhelmingly likely) there is still value in solving the mystery.