[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

RE: To the Tesla list from Elihu Thomson regarding Perpetual Motion... (fwd)



---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:05:44 +0100
From: Colin Dancer <colind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'Tesla list' <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: To the Tesla list from Elihu Thomson regarding Perpetual Motion...
    (fwd)

www.16pi2.com is a particularly good example of the advanced pseudoscience
style, with as Matt says, a pinch of Tesla mixed in for effect.  

The key characteristics are:

* claims of a near complete replacement for all of modern science, but
without providing a framework for _quantitatively_ describing even some of
the most well understood physical phenomenon (period of orbital motion,
shape of magnetic fields, refractive indices, special relativity, etc.) 
* frequent use of scientific terms but in the wrong context
* frequent "chains" of formula apparently proving a point, but with no
proper mathematical derivation
* large numbers of arbitrary constants which allow certain measurable values
to be "predicted" but in fact with the constants just bodged to get a close
result
* claims to provide strong evidence for one or more of the following:
Existence of god, aliens, near limitless energy, lost secrets of the ancient
(or Tesla), telepathy
* registered under the US 501(c) rules to allow extraction of money from
gullible fools with limited taxation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)

I'm not going to claim that some (or even all) of today's mainline science
might not eventually be superseded (or at least extended), but any complete
_replacement_ will need to have a solid mathematical framework which can
allow anyone to replicate the majority of existing results.  

This website (and many others) is so far from doing this that it would be
laughable, were it not such a damning indictment of the general lack of
scientific education.  Like spam, these sites will be there while there are
poorly educated people who keep sending their money.

Colin.

--
>> Great find, Jeff,
>>  
>> For a Tesla-related modern dose, check out these sites:
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> _http://www.16pi2.com/_ (http://www.16pi2.com/) 
>>  
>> _http://www.16pi2.com/blog/index.htm_
(http://www.16pi2.com/blog/index.htm) 
>>  
>> _http://n.webring.com/hub?ring=granduniverse_
>> (http://n.webring.com/hub?ring=granduniverse) 
>>  
>> 
>> Matt D.