Comments on: WTF-of-the-day: Friday 30th May ’08 http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/wtf-of-the-day-friday-30th-may-08/ Staring at the sun Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:17:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Philippe Bradley http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/wtf-of-the-day-friday-30th-may-08/comment-page-1/#comment-436 Philippe Bradley Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:23:04 +0000 http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/wtf-of-the-day-friday-30th-may-08/#comment-436 I suppose I could rephrase - rather than say something along the lines of 'his maths is bad' to 'his maths isn't good enough for quantum physics and was riddled with errors', would that be more appropriate? I thought that was close enough.<br><br>The optimist in me desperately hopes that despite the valid cause for scepticism here, the guy is right (and so are his backers), and the physics world needs to update its theory; this technology could be absolutely fantastic for humanity. Sadly though I think for the time being my cynicism has the edge on my general view of Mills' claims. I suppose I could rephrase – rather than say something along the lines of 'his maths is bad' to 'his maths isn't good enough for quantum physics and was riddled with errors', would that be more appropriate? I thought that was close enough.

The optimist in me desperately hopes that despite the valid cause for scepticism here, the guy is right (and so are his backers), and the physics world needs to update its theory; this technology could be absolutely fantastic for humanity. Sadly though I think for the time being my cynicism has the edge on my general view of Mills' claims.

]]> By: Philippe Bradley http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/wtf-of-the-day-friday-30th-may-08/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Philippe Bradley Sat, 31 May 2008 21:23:04 +0000 http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/wtf-of-the-day-friday-30th-may-08/#comment-256 I suppose I could rephrase - rather than say something along the lines of 'his maths is bad' to 'his maths isn't good enough for quantum physics and was riddled with errors', would that be more appropriate? I thought that was close enough.<br><br>The optimist in me desperately hopes that despite the valid cause for scepticism here, the guy is right (and so are his backers), and the physics world needs to update its theory; this technology could be absolutely fantastic for humanity. Sadly though I think for the time being my cynicism has the edge on my general view of Mills' claims. I suppose I could rephrase – rather than say something along the lines of 'his maths is bad' to 'his maths isn't good enough for quantum physics and was riddled with errors', would that be more appropriate? I thought that was close enough.

The optimist in me desperately hopes that despite the valid cause for scepticism here, the guy is right (and so are his backers), and the physics world needs to update its theory; this technology could be absolutely fantastic for humanity. Sadly though I think for the time being my cynicism has the edge on my general view of Mills' claims.

]]> By: Neil Ferguson http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/wtf-of-the-day-friday-30th-may-08/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Neil Ferguson Sat, 31 May 2008 12:13:14 +0000 http://www.overthecounterculture.com/2008/wtf-of-the-day-friday-30th-may-08/#comment-255 I would watch this. Dr. Mills has an M.D., but also studied electrical engineering at MIT. His B.S. is in chemistry. None of his detractors doubt his advanced mathematical abilities; they just think he has made fatal mistakes in his calculations. And besides, Quantum Mechanics is "proven". I would watch this. Dr. Mills has an M.D., but also studied electrical engineering at MIT. His B.S. is in chemistry. None of his detractors doubt his advanced mathematical abilities; they just think he has made fatal mistakes in his calculations. And besides, Quantum Mechanics is “proven”.

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