Burkhard Heim, antigravity, and the Hyperdrive.

Great Debates
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I know this discussion is going to get beyond me quick, but I stumbled upon the article Prepare for Ludicrous Speed! and it’s associated cite from New Scientist during my travels around the internet today.

Here’s an excerpt from the New Scientist article:

Is this stuff for real? How come I’ve never heard of Burkhard Heim? Are we really testing this stuff? Unfortunately, I can’t find a cite more credible than New Scientist, but New Scientist isn’t exactly the MUFON Journal either. I want to call bullshit, but… Antigravity’s got to be bullshit, but…

What’s the straight dope on Heim, electromagnetic induced antigravity, and the hyperdrive?

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Sorry, Monkey, I don’t know the answer, and I think Great Debates may be the wrong place to get any response. Mods?

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I put it here because I doubt that there is any definitive answer, but thanks for the junior moding anyway. Honestly, why even post if that’s all you got to add?

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Sorry, no offense intended. I wasn’t certain that you intended to put this thread in GD. It seemed ideally suited for General Questions, and I thought you might get more answers that way.

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Bullshit or no, that’s only one way to settle it. Perform the experiments. That’s what science is about.

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Ludicrous Speed!

Spaceball One has gone to plaid!

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Do the experiment.
The Word Is Given.
Warp Speed.

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I think we’ve talked about him before. Basically? Low probability, but it’s not junk science.

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Here’s a previous thread on the topic. (Maybe the one E-Sabbath mentioned.)

LilShieste

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Aw crap: Rise and fall of the Heim theory

Looks like the exact particle masses were part of the input. Ot maybe not. But the situation is muddier than I thought.

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Aaaand there are some interresting things on this page:

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He also calculated precise values for all three types of neutrinos for which only upper limits have been determined experimentally so those, at least, cannot have been insertions.

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At my university we are doing anti-gravity research for British Aerospace. Companies and governments routinely fund all kinds of left-field research because although results are unlikely the gains from a relatively small investment would be huge.

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Here’s another thread on it.

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They’ve already moved on to building the machine.

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As the French say, on the contrary:
“Nothing is impossible. Not if you can imagine it. That’s what being is a scientist is all about!”–Prof. Hubert Farnsworth