Re: Moderator requests input on "Wireless Power Transfer"

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Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx 

Hi Gerry,

I'm not advocating any of those things; far from it! . I was listing 
them as warning options,  because there ARE those who would be happy 
to see them included, and use every opportunity to try and inject one 
or more of them into the current list under the guise of 
"open-mindedness" and the hackneyed, "Teach the Controversy". 
Personally, I believe the correct answer is (a) ONLY, and anything 
else starts one on the infamous "slippery slope."



In a message dated 3/25/07 8:30:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Matt,

I'm a little confused with your including items d,e,f as missions of
this list.  This seems to be counter to your last paragraph.

Gerry

>Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
>      This list grew in membership and respect because it kept its
> focus very specific: Solid engineering advice and development.
>  Perhaps the time has come to once again define the mission of this
> list. Is it:
>a) to promote the art and science of safe Tesla Coil Building? (As
>it once was)
>b) to promote any and all of Tesla's devices? (Thermomagnetic
>engines, bladeless turbines,etc.)
>c) to promote any and all high voltage devices? (Lifters, rail guns,
>lasers, fusion devices, etc.)
>d) to speculate endlessly on anything that Tesla was claimed to have
>done, or thought of doing or was interested in?
>(UFOs, Free Energy, Time travel, Teleportation, Interdimensional
>Travel, Fuelless cars, etc.)
>e) to proselytize the gospel of the prophet Tesla, who is not dead
>but gone to a higher resonance?
>f) Something else.

>IMO, the further away from (a) we get, the more it becomes like the
>speculative groups.
>  (Yahoo yahoos.)
>
>I believe that when this topic comes up, as it does every year (like
>crabgrass) it needs to be simply explained that it was one of "the
>Maestro's" boo-boos, that it never has worked because known,
>verifiable, scientific principles are against it, and then move on.
>Those who wish to speculate and believe in the face of all evidence
>should be gently redirected to the groups that feed on speculation
>and "tabloid science" .
>
>Matt D.




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