jusdisgi

jusdisgi t1_jefv1cg wrote

This is hilarious. You really try to come off as a completely neutral arbiter with no slant at all. Meanwhile you have tried to slap down literally every person in the thread who voiced any skepticism that this is for real.

There are good reasons to think this is junk. It's not certain, but lots and lots of warning signs are flashing and many of them have been pointed out here. The fact they got somebody to fund them and have now said they are going to launch does not prove anything.

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jusdisgi t1_jctb6t9 wrote

>That is not promising a result. It's simply making a statement. A propulsion device that uses only electricity would have the power to do exactly that. That would also clearly exceed our imagination...

Well you can't have it both ways. You took issue with me saying they were making world changing claims, and now you say if their claims are borne out they'll be world-changing.

>Obviously, they think it will work if they are willing to put up rocket launch money.

This is far from obvious. They are getting funding. Lots and lots of times companies have made revolutionary claims that eventually turned out to be bunk and kept pushing to the next demonstration until it became untenable because that's how you keep money coming in. I don't know that will happen in this case, but the fact they are proposing a launch does not prove anything.

We will see, eventually. But their behavior up to now does not inspire confidence.

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jusdisgi t1_jcta7eo wrote

I was trying to get this across before, but so far have been unsuccessful. You seem to come up with every theory you can for why he gets "headwinds" except for the theory that other scientists genuinely think he is wrong in good faith. I see no reason to assume that all the other scientists in this space are either corrupt or blinded by politics. I think it is a much more reasonable explanation that they are simply unimpressed with his work.

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jusdisgi t1_jct7gqc wrote

>Can you point me in the direction of the promising of world changing results?

The banner at the top of the front page of their website literally says "Imagine a discovery with the power to change the world of propulsion" and "it exceeds our imagination."

>Also, do you have communication with every one of these circles?

Not at all. The comment I replied to asserted without evidence that all the skeptics in the scientific community were skeptical of the idea because it would make them lose funding. I'm pointing out that there is an alternative theory that they might simply not believe the hype.

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jusdisgi t1_jcs8xny wrote

>It gets lot of headwind partly because theory removes possibility of dark matter and lot of people in science circles are affraid of losing their funding.

Well, it could be getting lots of headwind because lots of people in science circles look at a company promising world-changing results without spelling out in detail how they are to be achieved and not working with anyone else in the scientific community and conclude it's likely not real. Or your conspiracy idea.

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jusdisgi t1_jcs84mu wrote

>It is also not surprising that a company with possibly revolutionary tech keeps quiet about how it does what it does it the public space.

The normal approach to that is patenting the technology, which requires explaining exactly how it works. If it's the real deal the secrecy approach might work for us regular folks but isn't likely to keep the likes of ULA or Spacex from figuring it out for long. So I don't think that's really a good explanation.

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jusdisgi t1_jcqccu8 wrote

Well I wouldn't express certainty about it. But you seem to suggest equal aversion to doubt and belief, which I don't think is really right either. Is it possible that this company has created a really remarkable new drive type that somehow needs no fuel but isn't just a solar sail? I suppose so? But it's far enough outside our understanding of the related physics that it requires some explantion. The sheer novelty of their claim, added to their complete unwillingness to say anything at all about how it works should make us pretty darn skeptical.

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