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Warren DeMontague

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3. Big "if"

Reply to mindwalker_i (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 10:42 PM

Feb 2013

It would be huge, and great, and game-changing. But first it's gotta be proven and made to work. Jury is still very much out on that one; I remain skeptical.

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Fusion Through Weak Force Interactions [View all] mindwalker_i Feb 2013 OP

"Mr. Fusion!" Warpy Feb 2013 #1

I am skeptical. longship Feb 2013 #2

The point is, it doesn't have to overcome the strong force mindwalker_i Feb 2013 #4

Well, there is no theoretical basis, at least not yet. longship Feb 2013 #5

Yuea I agree, P & F really fucked up mindwalker_i Feb 2013 #7

Well, that's my point. longship Feb 2013 #8

Big "if" Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #3

I'm much more interested in your first link, drm604 Feb 2013 #6

Some of the people over at talk-polywell.org believe, based on what they know Occulus Feb 2013 #10

The Polywell Blog, got some traffic from here The Polywell Guy Aug 2013 #17

This reminds me of photosynthesis with its electron transfer chains. DhhD Feb 2013 #9

Several counter-arguments DetlefK Feb 2013 #11

I remembered to look at my shower curtain this morning mindwalker_i Feb 2013 #13

Look at the wikipedia-entry: There are many heavier, stable isotopes. DetlefK Feb 2013 #15

Yes and no. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2013 #12

Yeah, that's an interesting step, to say the least mindwalker_i Feb 2013 #14

For one thing, the spins don't add up properly. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2013 #16