Over Unity Cranks

[GooeyGus]

the missing magnet makes a vortex

[Agent C]

I think of the message of - "those saying that it cant be done, should step aside and make room for those doing it" (or something along those lines)

Yes indeed, and it goes both ways.

In fact everything the over unity people complain about it pretty much true for mainstream science. They think they're being discriminated against, but it's really equal treatment. Government grants are hard fought for, especially in physics. Every lab wants more funding to do more science. When a paper is submitted for peer review, it's not like the reviewers lavish love and affection on it. They slam the shit out of it, bitch about minor details, say you haven't proved anything, and demand to see x,y, and z. If you're doing ecological research that finds GloboChem is doing something bad, you can bet your sweet ass GloboChem is going to try to discredit you and suppress your findings. Hell we try to disprove ourselves - that's why we design in positive and negative control experiments. I don't think you should expect anything different just because you're an outsider in your garage.

[buffo]

the only thing ALL OF THESE TYPE OF DEVICES have in common is........THE LACK OF FUNDING

I'd say they have at least one other thing in common...

They all violate the laws of physics!

Seriously, Tesla had some good ideas, but he was also a crank. These free-energy types are also cranks. Some of them know it, and those are the ones you need to watch out for because they're trying to steal your cash. The rest of them don't know that they're cranks, because they didn't pay attention in school when the conservation of energy was discussed. Those are usually the ones that end up providing funding!

There are plenty of fascinating, amazing things you can experiment in your own home. Things that will fill you with wonder and inspire you to create many interesting and useful devices. And none of them violate the laws of physics.

Experiments with Lenz's law are next on my to-do list for home science fun. (Hint: Eddy currents in the pipe...)

Adam

[SilentShaddow]

I'd say they have at least one other thing in common...

They all violate the laws of physics!

All of them have one thing in common, none of them violate the laws of physics! Thats the point, none are sitting there generating free energy.

[buffo]

Ok - you got me there. I should have said:

They all have one thing in common: In order for them to work as advertised, they would have to violate the laws of physics.

Better?

Adam