{"id":5571,"date":"2012-10-04T19:53:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T02:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=5571"},"modified":"2017-04-16T22:27:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T05:27:34","slug":"how-do-you-debunk-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/how-do-you-debunk-this","title":{"rendered":"How do you debunk this?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Previous post in this Debunking Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n

This video was broadcast on G4TV, September 19th 2012.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.g4tv.com\/videos\/60838\/dr-eric-w-davis-on-new-ligh\u2026g-science\/<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Major Notes from the Video are:<\/p>\n

a. Dr. Eric Davis, Senior Research Physicist at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Austin TX.<\/p>\n

b. Use exotic energy, quantum energy from vacuum energy, to generate warp drive by surfing space.<\/p>\n

c. Surfing on space at faster than the velocity of light.<\/p>\n

d. Theory requires stupendous amount of vacuum energy.<\/p>\n

e. Sonny White (correct name?) suggests that it could be done with much less energy.<\/p>\n

f. Disruptive innovations can happen at any time.<\/p>\n

g. Richard Obousy of Icarus Interstellar Inc, using string quantum theory shows that the limit of velocity is 10E32 x c (velocity of light) using quantum string theories.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n

Need to bear in mind that for interstellar travel to become a reality three factors must be realized.<\/p>\n

1) Costs:<\/p>\n

From the video this group has not been able to quantify their costs.<\/p>\n

2) Technological Feasibility:<\/p>\n

As Dr Eric Davis states it might take anywhere from a 100 year to 200 years for this technology to become a reality, but you never know that some disruptive innovation might change all that.<\/p>\n

There is another problem with this. Dr. Robert Nemiroff\u2019s Three Photon Observation<\/a>, which suggests that quantum foam may not exists, therefore falsifying the ability to do interstellar travel in this manner.<\/p>\n

Actually come to think about Dr. Eric Davis was describing Dr. Miguel Alcubierre work but substituting Alcubierre\u2019s General Relativity tensors solutions with \u2018string quantum\u2019 theory.<\/p>\n

3) Safety: Don\u2019t know how to navigate or how to protect crew.<\/p>\n

That is a fail on all three counts.<\/p>\n

Finally, if I remember correctly, the string theories sits on top of quantum theory and therefore all the discoveries in quantum theory have been translated<\/em> into string theories. But the string theories by themselves have not been able to predict any new physical behavior, in an \u2018a priori\u2019 manner.<\/p>\n

For a simple description of quantum foam and vacuum energy see, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n

I put forward a test for these type of proposals, in the comments section of an earlier posting,<\/p>\n

https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/debunking-antimatter-rocke\u2026lar-travel<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

And here it is, if you had a few millions dollars can you demonstrate experimental feasibility as a propulsion device?<\/p>\n

If the answer is \u2018no\u2019 then it is debunked if it is \u2018yes\u2019 then let\u2019s get the funding. From Dr Eric Davis comments it is clear that the answer is \u2018no\u2019.<\/p>\n

Appreciate your comments & feedback.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n

Benjamin T Solomon is the author & principal investigator of the 12-year study into the theoretical & technological feasibility of gravitation modification, titled An Introduction to Gravity Modification<\/a>, to achieve interstellar travel in our lifetimes. For more information visit iSETI LLC<\/a>, Interstellar Space Exploration Technology Initiative.<\/p>\n

Solomon is inviting all serious participants to his LinkedIn Group Interstellar Travel & Gravity Modification<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Previous post in this Debunking Series. \u2014\u2014- This video was broadcast on G4TV, September 19th 2012. http:\/\/www.g4tv.com\/videos\/60838\/dr-eric-w-davis-on-new-ligh\u2026g-science\/ Major Notes from the Video are: a. Dr. Eric Davis, Senior Research Physicist at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Austin TX. b. Use exotic energy, quantum energy from vacuum energy, to generate warp drive by surfing space. c. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,38,45,48,219,439,8],"tags":[697,675,694,696,700,692,695,504,699,691,577,693,698],"class_list":["post-5571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense","category-engineering","category-finance","category-particle-physics","category-physics","category-scientific-freedom","category-space","tag-10e32c","tag-debunking-series","tag-eric-davis","tag-g4tv","tag-general-relativity-tag","tag-icarus-interstellar-inc","tag-institute-for-advanced-studies","tag-interstellar-travel","tag-miguel-alcubierre","tag-richard-obousy","tag-robert-nemiroff","tag-string-quantum-theory","tag-three-photon-observation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51925,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5571\/revisions\/51925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}