These guys are at least a bit more sophisticated than Steorn, who seemed to just be out of their depth. I won't claim to be an expert, and would of course put very long odds on Blacklight's claims proving true. But at least they're not trying to bilk people out of money (yet, anyway) and they seem to know *some* science.<div>
<br> </div><div>Derek Lowe recently did a couple of typically excellent posts on Blacklight and their claims (the second contains Blacklight's responses to the questions and criticism from the first post):</div><div><br>
</div><div><a href="http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2008/10/22/blacklight_power_what_on_earth.php">http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2008/10/22/blacklight_power_what_on_earth.php</a></div><div><a href="http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2008/10/24/blacklight_power_responds.php">http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2008/10/24/blacklight_power_responds.php</a><br>
<div><br> </div><div><br> </div><div><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/4/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Brunton</b> <<a href="mailto:dbrunton@gmail.com">dbrunton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Anyone else remember Steorn from a couple years back? Same kind of claims...<div><span class="e" id="q_11d67fae013ed78c_1"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Philip Kohn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pkohn@mail.nih.gov" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">pkohn@mail.nih.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">The guy also has a theory of everything (quantum to general relativity) that is not Lorenz invariant<br>
(e.g. would not explain near light speed phenomena).<br>
It also explains cold fusion (remember that blast from the past?).<br>
If he can explain so much, how come he hasn't published in a prestigious journal?<br>
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The Wikipedia has a nice overview of the history of his claims, and a few comments from the physics establishment.<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randell_Mills" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randell_Mills</a><br>
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A journal article that points out several problems with his theory:<br>
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<a href="http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/7/1/127/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/7/1/127/</a><div><div></div><div><br>
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What do you folks think of this claim of a "new primary energy source"?<br>
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