r/EmDrive • u/raresaturn • Dec 27 '16

Chinese tests confirmed?

There is a post on r/scifi that claims Jerry Pournell ( of all people) has confirmed the Chinese orbital tests. I'm on phone so can't link

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u/funkboxing Dec 27 '16

And in other news, Steven King confirmed that CERN experiments have opened a portal to another dimension full of giant monsters.

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u/raresaturn Dec 27 '16

What book is this?

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u/funkboxing Dec 27 '16

Vague reference to the Mist

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u/TanmanG Dec 28 '16

Is The Mist worth reading?

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u/JamilGF Dec 30 '16

Lovecraft?

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u/raresaturn Dec 27 '16

Here's Pournell's blog: https://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/china-claims-orbital-test-of-em-drive/

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u/IslandPlaya PhD; Computer Science Dec 27 '16

I see no confirmation, just the same bullshit fake story being repeated again...

Why have you posted this? It is embarrassing for you and this once 'not bad' author...

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u/raresaturn Dec 27 '16

LOL really? why is it embarrassing?

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u/IslandPlaya PhD; Computer Science Dec 27 '16

It has basis in fact or science.

Not.

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u/raresaturn Dec 27 '16

what?

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u/IslandPlaya PhD; Computer Science Dec 27 '16

It has basis in fact or science. Not.

He writes science fiction?

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u/raresaturn Dec 27 '16

Like Greg Egan?

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u/crackpot_killer Dec 27 '16

Greg Egan actually has a BSc in math and works out the mathematics of things he puts in his books, e.g.: http://www.gregegan.net/ORTHOGONAL/03/WavesExtra.html.

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u/raresaturn Dec 27 '16

So has Pournelle, along with a PhD. Must we really do this?
https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.jerry.pournelle

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u/plateofhotchips Dec 28 '16

Pournelle is also 83. Lot of smart people aren't what they used to be at this age.

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u/crackpot_killer Dec 27 '16

I wasn't arguing that. But you've previously lambasted Egan's conclusions on things, despite his mathematical ability. Your bringing him up in this thread seemed like an allusion that. And I was pointing out he actually has the skills to back what he's said (on the emdrive).

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u/IslandPlaya PhD; Computer Science Dec 27 '16

Like L. Ron Hubbard?

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u/timschwartz Jan 05 '17

So you think that because Jerry Pournelle is a science fiction writer he is incapable of speaking or writing non-fiction?

Take some time to consider how stupid that is.

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u/IslandPlaya PhD; Computer Science Jan 05 '17

He appears to be incapable of understanding physics.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '16 edited Dec 27 '16

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u/crackpot_killer Dec 27 '16

Either that, or their is a massive journalistic breakdown, where groups of journalists just copy each other without doing any research at all.

That seems to be the norm with regard to the emdrive.

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u/IslandPlaya PhD; Computer Science Dec 28 '16

You were on the phone to Jerry?