On Fri, 3 Feb 2012, Harry Veeder wrote:
If theory predicted that it should run for x hours but instead ran much longer would it qualify as a true FE device?
If it runs far longer ...then it merely supplies a more precise method for measuring the actual energy provided by your magnets! :) "Experimenter's Regress," where experiments force alteration in theory, but where theory forces alteration in interpretation of experiments.
Anyhow, I wonder how difficult it would be to *engineer* a magnet motor which drives itself against friction and runs for awhile before weakening its own magnets? Something with low friction so it could operate for significant time? What would such a device look like?
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