On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. wrote: > If someone is determined to force a conflict (interaction between > disparate groups), the universe is infinitely clever at resolving the > clash, even going so far as to use retro-causality, and as a last > resort, forking off an entirely new reality ( I liked the TV series > Sliders, which dramatized that sort of thing ).
Now that you mention this, it makes me wonder... What if Steorn's prototypes ALL STOP WORKING? What if the successful effect simply vanishes, never to return? If such a thing occurred, I bet they'd never admit it to anyone. And whatever did happen with the CETI/Patterson-cell investors, staff, management, etc.? Did they all just wander away in a daze? "If it's a small piece of a new field of science, then there is a *very* large chance that I won't understand what's causing it. I may accidentally extinguish it and never get it back again. I've heard laments from several inventors that they rebuilt their devices to improve them, and they never worked again. So, DON'T take apart the original invention! Don't move it to another location. Don't turn the power off and back on. Just moving your arm a bit wrong might eliminate the conditions which allowed success! Once you have it working, videotape the heck out of it, call in eyewitnesses, perform experiments, maybe even build several copies and get them working. Stay paranoid that the phenomena might vanish at any time, never to return. [RULES FOR INVENTORS, rule #2 http://amasci.com/freenrg/rules1.html] (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 425-222-5066 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
