Project StarGate Part II?
Project StarGate Part II?
It has been suggested to me that Polywell Fusion is another instance of Project Stargate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project
What do you think?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project
What do you think?
Sure. We are planning to make neutrons and high energy alphas by just thinking about them. We will make matter conform to our thoughts and thus particles from thought.
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However, you might want to read up on Dr. B. and see how the Polywell concept and WB-1 came into being.
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However, you might want to read up on Dr. B. and see how the Polywell concept and WB-1 came into being.
Engineering is the art of making what you want from what you can get at a profit.
Re: Project StarGate Part II?
First, it seems probable that the implication by your acquaintance was that this was a project sustained over the years despite a total lack of results other than several involved individuals say so. It would surprise me no end if that person were suggesting that the Polywell ran on psychically created reactions.rj40 wrote:It has been suggested to me that Polywell Fusion is another instance of Project Stargate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project
What do you think?
I see one difference. The Polywell project placed all its data before an expert SCIENTIFICALLY TRAINED panel for review, and said panel found no indications that Polywell would not work.
True, we have to take DrN's word on that...
Re: Project StarGate Part II?
We have more than Dr. Nebel's word. We have the review panel's word that resulted in a contract from the Navy. The contract is public information. Dr. Nebel's word would not have influenced the Navy very much at all without the support of the review panel. If the review panel didn't support the issuance of a contract, it wouldn't have been issued.KitemanSA wrote:
I see one difference. The Polywell project placed all its data before an expert SCIENTIFICALLY TRAINED panel for review, and said panel found no indications that Polywell would not work.
True, we have to take DrN's word on that...
I think it is more telling that Dr. Nebel had a good government job to go back to. He didn't, as far as I know, and now seems to be ensconced at EMC^2.
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Re: Project StarGate Part II?
No, it is the exact opposite of Stargate.rj40 wrote:It has been suggested to me that Polywell Fusion is another instance of Project Stargate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project
What do you think?
Stargate aimed to let physical realities in the world form new ideas in people's heads, just using a process that is essentially irrational and defeats all that we currently know about physics...
whereas Polywell aims to induce a new physical reality into the world just from the ideas in people's heads and that uses a process that is essentially irrational and defeats all that we currently know about physics.
Well it happens from time to time that "everything we currently know" is wrong.whereas Polywell aims to induce a new physical reality into the world just from the ideas in people's heads and that uses a process that is essentially irrational and defeats all that we currently know about physics.
Engineering is the art of making what you want from what you can get at a profit.
Re: Project StarGate Part II?
Didn't Lord Kelvin say something like this about those nonsense things known to the unscientific dreamers as aeroplanes?chrismb wrote: ...whereas Polywell aims to induce a new physical reality into the world just from the ideas in people's heads and that uses a process that is essentially irrational and defeats all that we currently know about physics.
Lored Kelvin wrote:"No balloon and no aeroplane will ever be practically successful."