Peter Heckert wrote:
Rossi is a magically talented engineer but because he never has proven
his claims -and this would be easy if true- we must assume that he
abuses his abilities to fool us.
Theory of magic:
It is possible to keep the water boiling if you realize that the
amperemeter was not watched constantly.
This would produce waves of heat, instantly recognizable. You can see
how quickly the temperature falls when all heat is turned off. As soon
as people look at the ammeters it would have to be cut off. He would
probably not catch them every time.
If he has a magical switch that switches the power on, when nobody
watches then he can keep the water boiling.
Again, this would produce waves of heat.
If somebody watches the meter for longer time, he evacuates the output
hose and with reduced pressure the water will keep boiling. As soon as
the examiner gets bored and stops to watch the amp meter, Rossi
switches the power on again.
There is no mechanism to evacuate the output hose. The data shows that
output was continuous.
He might have a helper person.
That person cannot do things that violate physical laws.
If anything goes wrong then he lets a leak arise and stops the
experiment prematurely.
He did not stop the two demos prematurely. He stopped when observers
asked him to. Four hours was long enough in any case. Longer than necessary.
He is very experienced and might have a hundred tricks that I dont
know and he always uses these tricks that are opportune.
There are not 100 tricks to do this. There is not one. Stage magicians
cannot violate the laws of thermodynamics. there is no doubt whatever
the cell produced kilowatt levels of heat for four hours without any
input. It is not possible there were hidden wires or fuel in the cell.
I am sorry to be harsh, but if you believe any of the above fairytale
scenarios you are a gullible true believer.
He has needed many years of research to invent this magical apparatus.
What you are describing would only be possible with actual magic that
violates the laws of nature. No such thing exists. Stage magic can never
accomplish this.
For example he is a good psychologist and he knows how to fool people.
No, he is a terrible psychologist. He does not know how to fool anyone.
He inspires no confidence in anyone. he gives everyone, including me,
the impression that he is some sort of fraud.
This is my unprovable and irrefutable theory about magic, of course I
cannot know if it can be applied to
A theory that is unprovable is not falsifiable. It is not a theory. It
has no meaning.
- Jed
