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-misanthroptimist

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9. The only limit is your imagination!

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 04:52 PM

Mar 30

Color me skeptical. There are several hallmarks of classic woo in that thread:

- No peer review jumps right out at me
- Experiments all done by the same group
- Implication that other scientists are against him
- Don't know what the hell the UAP stuff was supposed to be about

There's a couple more that I'd have to re-read to find. All in all, I find the claim dubious.

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NASA's Lead Electrostatics Scientist claims hes discovered a "new force" that counteracts gravity with no fuel necessary [View all] Mr. Sparkle Mar 30 OP

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Good luck with that. TANSTAFL*... Wounded Bear Mar 30 #2

The moon, she's a Harsh Mistress WheelWalker Mar 30 #3

How is a laser like a goldfish? Stryst Mar 30 #10

I think it's called LSD 😉 yaesu Mar 30 #4

Anybody got anything for an acid stomach? WheelWalker Mar 30 #5

When I was in college, I think I replicated this experiment once. dgauss Mar 30 #14

"Buhler made a deliberate choice not to pursue academic peer review as a primary path." progressoid Mar 30 #6

Martin Fleischmann was a very respected electrochemist. NNadir Mar 30 #7

Sounds like HG Wells' The First men in the Moon. El Supremo Mar 30 #8

The only limit is your imagination! -misanthroptimist Mar 30 #9

Exactly. It's like Randall Mills and his hydrino of Black Light Power, "overturning quantum mechanics." NNadir Mar 30 #12

Cool story bro JoseBalow Mar 30 #11

Here's an article about it in Popular Mechanics: snot Mar 30 #13

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