Comments on: Time for the Inventor Story http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/02/time-for-the-inventor-story/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:06:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Eric http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/02/time-for-the-inventor-story/#comment-82639 Eric Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:20:22 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/02/time-for-the-inventor-story/#comment-82639 Having individuals like this test theories outside of the norm gets people to consider possibilities so it's not all bad. Certainly entertaining at the very least. Having individuals like this test theories outside of the norm gets people to consider possibilities so it’s not all bad. Certainly entertaining at the very least.

]]> By: astromcnaught http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/02/time-for-the-inventor-story/#comment-23393 astromcnaught Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:31:41 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/02/time-for-the-inventor-story/#comment-23393 I like the idea of this chap creating physical theories using "the String Theory, the Big Bang theory, quotes from Albert Einstein". Here's an equotion example of my own: (God does not play dice) = (purely logical point of standpoint)*(no definite location for this mark)**2 After suitable analysis, it can be shown to be true in German to :) I like the idea of this chap creating physical theories using “the String Theory, the Big Bang theory, quotes from Albert Einstein”.

Here’s an equotion example of my own:

(God does not play dice) = (purely logical point of standpoint)*(no definite location for this mark)**2

After suitable analysis, it can be shown to be true in German to :)

]]> By: Carl Brannen http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/02/time-for-the-inventor-story/#comment-23334 Carl Brannen Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:42:17 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/02/time-for-the-inventor-story/#comment-23334 Back when I was a grad student, I regularly picked up books by cranks and heretics. Very few of them make any sense. Over the years, one of the few was the book on how the <a href="http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/12/02/pyramid-schemes/" rel="nofollow"> pyramids were made from concrete</a>. Another winner was <a href="http://www.grahamhancock.com/" rel="nofollow">Graham Hancock's</a> book which stated that there were <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1923794.stm" rel="nofollow"> lost, ice-age cities</a> drowned by the 100m rise in oceans from the glaciers melting. And my favorite crank physicist is <a href="http://egtphysics.net/Index.htm" rel="nofollow">Ron Hatch</a>, the engineer who was instrumental in developing the GPS system but who doesn't believe in relativity, and notes that the GPS system makes calculations that assume a preferred reference frame. Back when I was a grad student, I regularly picked up books by cranks and heretics. Very few of them make any sense. Over the years, one of the few was the book on how the pyramids were made from concrete. Another winner was Graham Hancock’s book which stated that there were lost, ice-age cities drowned by the 100m rise in oceans from the glaciers melting. And my favorite crank physicist is Ron Hatch, the engineer who was instrumental in developing the GPS system but who doesn’t believe in relativity, and notes that the GPS system makes calculations that assume a preferred reference frame.

]]> By: Charles T http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/02/time-for-the-inventor-story/#comment-23331 Charles T Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:22:41 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/02/time-for-the-inventor-story/#comment-23331 Thanks for the entertaining link, Clifford. I can't wait to read the New Scientist article on the spatial energy converter ;-) Thanks for the entertaining link, Clifford. I can’t wait to read the New Scientist article on the spatial energy converter ;-)

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