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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Why I like to read the Next Big Future blog
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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mrkelley23
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James Randi's been on this one for at least 6 years:
http://www.randi.org/jr/061303.html
His first article about it was in 2002, when Blacklight's patent application was turned down by the US Patent Office, because for some reason, it presupposed that pretty much all of twentieth century physics is wrong, with absolutely no evidence whatever.
http://www.randi.org/jr/061303.html
His first article about it was in 2002, when Blacklight's patent application was turned down by the US Patent Office, because for some reason, it presupposed that pretty much all of twentieth century physics is wrong, with absolutely no evidence whatever.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman
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TheConfessor
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This kind of wording always raises red flags for me on "scientific" claims. Let's see, if something costs 50% less, it's half price. If it costs 100% less, then it's free. If it costs "ten times less," that means, um, what exactly? Do I get a 900% rebate on what I would have spent on the alternative?They claim that the device will generate power at ten times less cost than the cheapest coal, wind and nuclear power now.
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Appa23
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"Ten Times Less" means 1/10th the cost.TheConfessor wrote:This kind of wording always raises red flags for me on "scientific" claims. Let's see, if something costs 50% less, it's half price. If it costs 100% less, then it's free. If it costs "ten times less," that means, um, what exactly? Do I get a 900% rebate on what I would have spent on the alternative?They claim that the device will generate power at ten times less cost than the cheapest coal, wind and nuclear power now.
Say it the opposite way. Coal/wind/solar costs ten times more. ($100 vs $10, for example.)