Dear Michael
I completely understand your eagerness to slash this piece of news, that has to do with a seemingly unrealistic idea. Let me ask you something. You blame major news agencies for not checking the story for veracity. In other words, they (news agencies) made a statement that lacked sufficient evidence. However, you made the same mistake, you eagerly jump to a conclusion that a story is not true (it is a hoax) lacking sufficient evidence that would support your point of view.
I'm not sure what kind of degree of an education you possess. However, I (having a master degree in aerospace engineering) can say that based on all my knowledge I can not state that the story is not true. It doesn't take much intelligence to repeat the most known by average people Second Law of Thermodynamics left and right. I know the Law, however I don't dare to claim that I understand quantum physics enough to make 'impossibility' claims.
There's been enough evidence in practice (PATTERSON POWER CELL) and in theory (Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, Casimir effect etc) to actually prompt us to thinking instead of sticking to well trodden dogmatic roads. May be it is time to do some reading of the science literature rather than headlines of the news?
I would like to encourage you to use your God given wisdom and keep open mind instead of blindly following the letter of the law.
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Dear Michael I completely understand your eagerness to slash this piece of news, that has to do with a seemingly unrealistic idea. Let me ask you something. You blame major news agencies for not checking the story for veracity. In other words, they (news agencies) made a statement that lacked sufficient evidence. However, you made the same mistake, you eagerly jump to a conclusion that a story is not true (it is a hoax) lacking sufficient evidence that would support your point of view. I'm not sure what kind of degree of an education you possess. However, I (having a master degree in aerospace engineering) can say that based on all my knowledge I can not state that the story is not true. It doesn't take much intelligence to repeat the most known by average people Second Law of Thermodynamics left and right. I know the Law, however I don't dare to claim that I understand quantum physics enough to make 'impossibility' claims. There's been enough evidence in practice (PATTERSON POWER CELL) and in theory (Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, Casimir effect etc) to actually prompt us to thinking instead of sticking to well trodden dogmatic roads. May be it is time to do some reading of the science literature rather than headlines of the news? I would like to encourage you to use your God given wisdom and keep open mind instead of blindly following the letter of the law.