Pseudophysics Pseudophysics Anti-relativityists oppose what they believe to be the Theory of Relativity. They argue that there is a scientific establishment that unfairly protects special relativity. They also contend that many of the experiments that claimed to have offered proof of Einstein's theories represent bad science and poor methodology. Many of those claims are based around what is called the experimenter effect in which the experimenters' expectations guide the experiments to the expected results and color their interpretation. However, it's worth noting that nearly all the crucial experiments which form the empirical basis of special relativity (e.g., Michelson and Morley) actually gave results that were directly contrary to what the experimenters and theorists of the time anticipated and desired. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anti-relativity"
(Ballotechnics) The hafnium bomb is a hypothetical explosive device based on a metastable excited state of hafnium-178 (a nuclear isomer, Hf-178m2, half life > 10y, decay energy 2.5 MeV). While this excited state was known as a curiosity for some time, in the 1990s Carl Collins of the University of Texas at Dallas claimed to have discovered a method of inducing it to rapidly decay through exposure to x-rays. As x-rays of the required energy were relatively easy to produce, and the energy of the released gamma rays was far greater than the required energy input, this discovery had considerable applicability as a radiological weapon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ballotechnics"
A biophoton (from the Greek βιο meaning "life" and φωτο meaning "light") is a photon of light emitted in some fashion from a biological system. From a scientific point of view, there is no difference between such a photon and a photon emitted by any other physical process. One might then argue that it is more correct to attach the attribute biological to the emission process, as in bioluminescence, because no specific biologicalness can be attributed to the photons themselves, once they are emitted. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biophoton"
Conservationist physics is a branch of physics founded in 1976 by James Blair (uncle of film-actress Linda Blair). It is not to be confused with the Law of Conservation of Energy and other similar conservation laws. Its main goals are to try to cohesively join a group of disparate literary and philosophical subjects, now known as postmodernism with orthodox branches of physics and create a new privileged view of science and philosophy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Conservationist physics"
The Dean drive or Dean device was invented by Norman L. Dean, who called it a " reactionless drive" — a mechanical device that could use energy to produce linear acceleration without the use of any reaction mass. If possible to construct it would revolutionize space travel, since most of a rocket's launch weight is devoted to carrying reaction mass. Such a device is held to be impossible under the current standard scientific models, as it violates Newtonian physics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dean drive"
Nikola Tesla's dynamic theory of gravity is reported to be Tesla's attempt to formulate a theory relating gravity and electromagnetism, i.e. a unified field theory. No mathematical details of the theory are available, Tesla never published them, and there is no evidence that Tesla ever worked them out besides his own testimony. Because of this, and because of the achievements of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, Tesla's theory is not used by physicists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dynamic theory of gravity"
The Electric Universe is a controversial interdisciplinary approach to astronomy and cosmology, in which proponents claim that electricity plays a more significant role in the shaping of the universe and its history than is generally accepted. The idea is based on aspects of plasma physics, but extends to some radically divergent proposals, including: ...more on Wikipedia about "Electric Universe (concept)" It's my www.shortopedia.com!
The term fine-tuned universe refers to a collection of ideas that state the existence of life in the Universe is the result of the universe's physical constants relating to one another in exactly the fashion that is required in order for the universe to be hospitable for life. The fine-tuned universe argument is related to the anthropic principle, which states that any valid theory of the universe must be consistent with our existence as human beings at this particular time and place in the universe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fine-tuned universe"
In the 1910s and 1920s, Harry Perrigo of Kansas City, a graduate of MIT, claimed development of a free energy device. Perrigo claimed the energy source was " from thin air" or from ether waves. Perrigo demonstrated the device before the U.S. Congress on December 15, 1917. Perrigo had a pending application (filed December 31, 1925; Serial Number 78,719) for the "Improvement in Method and Apparatus for Accumulating and Transforming Ether Electric Energy". Investigators report that his device contained a hidden motor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harry Perrigo"
Hydrino theory is a colloquial term for one aspect of a controversial new hypothesis of atomic chemistry and physics developed by Dr. Randell Mills, of BlackLight Power, Inc. termed "Classical Quantum Mechanics". The hypothesis has drawn skepticism from most observers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hydrino theory"
An inertial propulsion engine, or inertia drive, is any one of a class of devices that purport to produce a linear motion with no net momentum exchange. Invariably the devices fail to operate under controlled conditions, and are found to rely on a non-linear effect of the supports they sit on. Classic examples include devices that inch along a tabletop or when floating in water, but stop working once they are suspended or in vacuum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Inertial propulsion engine"
The Monstein Effect refers to the supposed discovery of electromagnetic induction in the presence of a magnetic field equal to zero. If it existed, the effect would violate Faraday's Law and might, hypothetically, be used to create a perpetual motion machine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Monstein effect"
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The so-called N rays (or N-rays) were a phenomenon described by French scientist René-Prosper Blondlot but subsequently shown to be illusory. ...more on Wikipedia about "N ray"
A non-standard cosmology is a cosmological framework that fundamentally contradicts one of the basic aspects of the big bang model of physical cosmology. These are: ...more on Wikipedia about "Non-standard cosmology"
Polywater was a hypothetical polymerized form of water that was the subject of much scientific controversy during the late 1960s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Polywater"
Process physics is a new and highly controversial approach to the modeling of fundamental physics. It aims to be a theory of everything by abandoning the space-time construct of Galileo, Newton and Einstein, and by arguing that time can only be modelled as a process. The abandonment of time as a geometrical construct is used to solve the problems with conventional physics such as the incompatibility of the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics. The model is based on a random matrix that creates an expanding three-dimensional space with embedded topological defects that act like matter. This model exhibits both gravitational and non-local quantum mechanical behaviour, uniting them in one theory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Process physics"
Pseudophysics is a body of pseudoscientific knowledge or practice using the language of physics or discussing issues related to or pertinent to physics. Pseudophysics posses many, if not all, of the traits of pseudoscience, including the lack of falsifiable predictions, lack of peer review, or the blatant contradiction of well-established theory and experimental results. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pseudophysics"
Scalar field theory (SWT) is a set of fringe theories in a model which posits that there is a basic mechanism that produces the electric field and the magnetic field. Proponents of the theory state that electromagnetism isn't completely described by the standard electromagnetic theory. Some skeptics refer to it as a pseudoscientific paradigm, while proponents claims it to be a protoscientific theory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Scalar field theory"
The Thornson Inertial Engine (TIE) uses the force from a rotating inertial mass ( centrifugal force) to produce a linear impulse. The Thornson drive is composed of eccentric masses which, according to its supporters, when rotated properly causes a cancellation of all forces except those in one direction, resulting in the movement in that direction of the engine and anything attached to it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thornson Inertial Engine"
Ultraconductors™ are organic polymers that are claimed to exhibit electrical resistance many orders of magnitude lower than the best metallic conductors. They do this at room temperature. This claim is debated in the scientific community. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ultraconductor"
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Welteislehre (also known as Glazial-Kosmogonie) is a theory first published by the Austrian Hanns Hörbiger, a refrigeration engineer, in 1913. The basis of the theory is that most objects in our solar system besides Earth and the Sun are made out of ice or are at least covered in an extremely thick layer of it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Welteislehre"
In physics, the zero-point energy refers to the lowest possible energy that a quantum mechanical model of a physical system may posses; it is the energy of the ground state of the system. All quantum mechanical systems have a zero point energy. The term arises commonly in reference to the ground state of the quantum harmonic oscillator. In quantum field theory, it is a synonym for the vacuum energy, an amount of energy associated with the vacuum of empty space. In cosmology, the vacuum energy is taken to be the origin of the cosmological constant. Experimentally, the zero-point energy of the vacuum leads directly to the Casimir effect, and is directly observable in nanoscale devices. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zero-point energy"
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