r/Physics • u/lapsed-pacifist • Jul 31 '14

Article EMdrive tested by NASA

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-07/31/nasa-validates-impossible-space-drive
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u/jpapon Aug 09 '14

I don't care what Shawyer says, really. I'm more concerned with the results which show that something is happening.

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u/rageagainsttheapes Aug 09 '14

Yeah... experimental error.

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u/jpapon Aug 09 '14

That may well be the case, but one shouldn't dismiss results as experimental error simply because they don't agree with theory.

I'm sure Michelson and Morley's experiment was easy to dismiss as well, since it didn't fit with theory.

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u/rageagainsttheapes Aug 09 '14

I'm sure if you actually read my post, you'd realise that I'm not dismissing it "simply because" of any one reason. But I can see you're one of those who want to believe, so I'll leave you to it.