Comments on: Crackpots, contrarians, and the free market of ideas http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:09:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Curious George http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-12997 Curious George Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:31:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/#comment-12997 Bottle? Hmmmm........strangelets do not exist, so how do you plan to do this? Bottle? Hmmmm……..strangelets do not exist, so how do you plan to do this?

]]> By: Lensman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-12996 Lensman Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:17:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/#comment-12996 The book "The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology" Cambridge 2003 has two articles , one by Kip Thorne another by Matt Visser, that discuss the issue of the time machine exploding when it is about to become a time machine to the past - and how that issue is still really not settled. That does not stop an advanced research network inside and outside the US Military, and probably the Russian and Chinese, from trying to achieve the "impossible." The book “The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology” Cambridge 2003 has two articles , one by Kip Thorne another by Matt Visser, that discuss the issue of the time machine exploding when it is about to become a time machine to the past – and how that issue is still really not settled. That does not stop an advanced research network inside and outside the US Military, and probably the Russian and Chinese, from trying to achieve the “impossible.”

]]> By: Lensman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-12995 Lensman Thu, 20 Apr 2006 01:30:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/#comment-12995 Sarfatti's three books "Destiny Matrix", "Space-Time and Beyond II" and "Super Cosmos" deal with the on-going research in this area. A lot of USG "Black Money" is leaving academic physics and going into this military project. There is a big lab in West Virginia, one opening in North Carolina, and, of course, Sandia has a group. The Las Vegas area also has facilities. The basic idea is to try to "bottle" the dark energy that gives a repulsive gravity field. Mainstream physicists are being bypassed because the militaries of several nations as well as powerful industrial interests are quite keen to try to do this. Sarfatti’s three books “Destiny Matrix”, “Space-Time and Beyond II” and “Super Cosmos” deal with the on-going research in this area. A lot of USG “Black Money” is leaving academic physics and going into this military project. There is a big lab in West Virginia, one opening in North Carolina, and, of course, Sandia has a group. The Las Vegas area also has facilities. The basic idea is to try to “bottle” the dark energy that gives a repulsive gravity field. Mainstream physicists are being bypassed because the militaries of several nations as well as powerful industrial interests are quite keen to try to do this.

]]> By: Curious George http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-12994 Curious George Thu, 20 Apr 2006 01:04:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/#comment-12994 <a href="http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/physics/pdf/0308/0308078.pdf" rel="nofollow"><blockquote>Do mountain gorillas know that their 'civilization' is embedded in a larger 'civilization' corresponding to a much more evolved and intelligent species than themselves? Do they know that they are a protected species inhabitating a natural reserve in a country inside the African continent of planet Earth? The answer to these questions is certainly no, they do not know anything about our social structure, our countries, borders, religions, politics, ..... nor even about our villages and cities, except perhaps for those individuals living in a zoo, or adopted as pets.</blockquote></a>
Do mountain gorillas know that their ‘civilization’ is embedded in a larger ‘civilization’ corresponding to a much more evolved and intelligent species than themselves? Do they know that they are a protected species inhabitating a natural reserve in a country inside the African continent of planet Earth? The answer to these questions is certainly no, they do not know anything about our social structure, our countries, borders, religions, politics, ….. nor even about our villages and cities, except perhaps for those individuals living in a zoo, or adopted as pets.

]]> By: Curious George http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-12993 Curious George Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:30:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/#comment-12993 <b>Jack</b>:<blockquote>The new discovery of dark energy completely changes the picture on time travel to the past via closed time-like world lines</blockquote> Could you explain this a bit more for us lay people? I'm thinking "backreaction?" There seems to be some leeway here in cosmic variance and tolerance, about how far? We would have to test them :) See, even Elliot's changing. Jack:
The new discovery of dark energy completely changes the picture on time travel to the past via closed time-like world lines

Could you explain this a bit more for us lay people? I’m thinking “backreaction?”

There seems to be some leeway here in cosmic variance and tolerance, about how far? We would have to test them :)

See, even Elliot’s changing.

]]> By: Qubit http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-12992 Qubit Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:45:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/#comment-12992 Time travels is a waste of time. You can't change anything and if you could, what right would anyone have to change my life? To time travel you would need a really nasty virus, one that does more that kill you , you would need one that wipes you out of existance, while boosting your vaccum energy, so your information can be read by a quantum computer, then you would entangle your self to a Qubit, throw it round a particle accelerator and into a blackhole or something like that. Oh and the possibility of time travel attracts quantum jokers. They sort of take reality, make it imaginary, then change the overall paths, alter all the laws and make sure that the only way you can exist is by being wiped out of existance, then recreated it the most impossible way. Then again they don't need to recreate you at all, they might just wipe you all out. Can't risk the universe over a few apes, that think they know what reality is. Can they? Time travels is a waste of time. You can’t change anything and if you could, what right would anyone have to change my life?

To time travel you would need a really nasty virus, one that does more that kill you , you would need one that wipes you out of existance, while boosting your vaccum energy, so your information can be read by a quantum computer, then you would entangle your self to a Qubit, throw it round a particle accelerator and into a blackhole or something like that.

Oh and the possibility of time travel attracts quantum jokers. They sort of take reality, make it imaginary, then change the overall paths, alter all the laws and make sure that the only way you can exist is by being wiped out of existance, then recreated it the most impossible way. Then again they don’t need to recreate you at all, they might just wipe you all out.

Can’t risk the universe over a few apes, that think they know what reality is. Can they?

]]> By: Science http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-12991 Science Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:16:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/#comment-12991 US Military-Intelligence, Michio Kaku, and the guy with 80,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas convince me that UFOs are weather balloons, publicity tools and capitalist religion. US Military-Intelligence, Michio Kaku, and the guy with 80,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas convince me that UFOs are weather balloons, publicity tools and capitalist religion.

]]> By: Elliot http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-12985 Elliot Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:05:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/#comment-12985 Call me just a stupid layperson, but I still hold to a fundamental, perhaps naive, belief that time is unidirectional and causality still holds. I, of course could be wrong. Cheers, Elliot Call me just a stupid layperson, but I still hold to a fundamental, perhaps naive, belief that time is unidirectional and causality still holds.

I, of course could be wrong.

Cheers,

Elliot

]]> By: Jack Sarfatti http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-12986 Jack Sarfatti Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:54:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/#comment-12986 Reality is not what most of you think it is. The time's they are a' chang'n - very fast. Reality is not what most of you think it is. The time’s they are a’ chang’n – very fast.

]]> By: Jack Sarfatti http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/comment-page-2/#comment-12989 Jack Sarfatti Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:52:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/03/03/crackpots-contrarians-and-the-free-market-of-ideas/#comment-12989 The new discovery of dark energy completely changes the picture on time travel to the past via closed time-like world lines. This is slowly dawning on physicists. It will take another few years for the ramifications to sink in. Yes, the US Military-Intelligence takes this very seriously. There is evidence. BTW Michio Kaku has spoken about this. He is one of the few not afraid to speak out. I am not in academia and I can do as I please as I do not have to worry about getting grants and indeed I give grants - several hundred thousand dollars per year. So think about that when you are driving your cab after you get your PhD. :-) The new discovery of dark energy completely changes the picture on time travel to the past via closed time-like world lines. This is slowly dawning on physicists. It will take another few years for the ramifications to sink in. Yes, the US Military-Intelligence takes this very seriously. There is evidence. BTW Michio Kaku has spoken about this. He is one of the few not afraid to speak out. I am not in academia and I can do as I please as I do not have to worry about getting grants and indeed I give grants – several hundred thousand dollars per year. So think about that when you are driving your cab after you get your PhD. :-)

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