So, the thing actually working wouldn't sway you: you'd still think there's no way in hell that it would ever work?

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

Well of course it if worked...

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"Have you no decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
-Joseph Welch

Well, no, I was thinking more along the lines of even if he was able to show it working you still wouldn't believe it.

Let's see the thing in operation.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

You base that on what exactly?

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"Have you no decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
-Joseph Welch

On your statement, "but I find the argument as to why there is no way in hell that it would ever work far more compelling."

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

So far all I've seen is theory or unsubstantiated claims.

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"Have you no decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
-Joseph Welch

"The working models in his lab generate 50 kilowatts of electricity - enough to power six or seven houses." So, because you personally didn't see this, you refuse to believe it.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

I want to see it peer reviewed.

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"Have you no decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
-Joseph Welch

I would personally like to see photos of the machine, and to hear commentary by scientists and engineers who have inspected the machine. Science is built in such a way that you can confront old theories, but if you want to attack some of the main pillars of modern physics, I expect to see some pretty compelling evidence.

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- The Declaration of Independence

I meant this article from CNN would simply be a heads up notice. More information is needed, but they are going to build larger models and seek venture investors. If it works, I'm sure we are going to hear more.