Tim May wrote: "Tesla physics" is all the cruft that has developed around some of his more obscure (and late) writings, usually mixed together with stuff Tesla could not have known about at the time of his death. To wit, the stuff about zero point energy and perpetual motion machines. And, sometimes, mixed together with the usual nutcase stuff about the Hollow Earth theory (zeta reticulans colonizing the hollow earth, Greys, underground UFO bases, secret Nazi weapons, etc.). Thought that's what you meant. Wasn't aware that he had developed any actual new physics. I do know he was desparate for funds at the end and might have fallen prey to some embellishment and license. That he was arguably ill-treated might factor into it, too. Too bad his papers were spirited away and classified so we can't judge for ourselves, though. Look what government paranoia has engendered in this case. and beyond SS, is NOT the same as saying there are conrmed "problems" with electromagnetic theory. There may be, and there are a handful of folks doing "foundational" work in E&M, but, so far, there are no indications that their foundational work is changing any engineering calculations. Quite the contrary, in my view. Electromagnetic theory basically "works"--to many decimal places of accuracy. Circuits work as expected, antennas work as expected, and there are no "unexplained observations" (as usually exist before a new theory arrives). There may be some _semantic_ issues, e.g., does a square wave or impulse "really" have components that were sent out _before_ the square wave or impulse? (A Fourier decomposition of a square wave starting at time t = 0 has "sine wave components" spread out over time and adding up in such a way as to give the square wave, or the impulse, or any other signal. Some think this means deep and mysterious things are happening, something having to do with time travel and reversing the aging process, blah blah blah. Henning Harmuth may write fairly eloquently about the "dogma of the circle" and how the Fourier decomposition of a signal into (allegedly) a near-infinite series of sine waves is "not real," but for all intents and purposes it all works. And the "new physics" people like Bearden go way beyond what Harmuth and Barrett are talking about: they bring in "curved space-time" and gravitation and antigravity and the ultra-weird notion that aging can be reversed by "pumping the conjugate time-axis of the Minkowski manifold" (OK, I made this up...don't have time to lift one of Bearden's direct quotes...and this will help train me in the jargon if I ever become a "new physicist."). Nut cases like Bearden have the patter of physics down. Very few actual physicists waste their time dissecting and refuting Bearden for obvious reasons. Thanks for the references, which aren't familiar to me. I'll check them out. I urge readers of this list not to waste time on this stuff. One of the best ways to learn physics is to find out why perpetual motion doesn't work. Once [:-)] . jbdigriz

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:40:40AM -0700, Tim May wrote:

"Tesla physics" is all the cruft that has developed around some of his more obscure (and late) writings, usually mixed together with stuff Tesla could not have known about at the time of his death. To wit, the stuff about zero point energy and perpetual motion machines. And, sometimes, mixed together with the usual nutcase stuff about the Hollow Earth theory (zeta reticulans colonizing the hollow earth, Greys, underground UFO bases, secret Nazi weapons, etc.).

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:40:40AM -0700, Tim May wrote:

stuff about zero point energy and perpetual motion machines. And, sometimes, mixed together with the usual nutcase stuff about the Hollow Earth theory (zeta reticulans colonizing the hollow earth, Greys, underground UFO bases, secret Nazi weapons, etc.).

Righto. It's a staple of the UFO fringe. See: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43526,00.html

A briefing book the group handed out to reporters says mankind must learn the truth about UFOs and switch to free energy and beam cars before it's too late.

And then there was this, which I wrote 2.5 years ago. Some folks, including I believe Tim, said at the time that I was being too uncritical, and looking back, they was right. It's a little painful to read; at the very least I should have reversed the order of the article. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,1282,19446,00.html

Much of the audience, though, is undeterred. They gather around the stinking, wheezing mower and stare at it as if it were an alien artifact recently recovered from Area 51. They are the perpetually hopeful, the uncritical -- the groupies of the future energy movement.

-Declan

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:40:40AM -0700, Tim May wrote:

stuff about zero point energy and perpetual motion machines. And, sometimes, mixed together with the usual nutcase stuff about the Hollow Earth theory (zeta reticulans colonizing the hollow earth, Greys, underground UFO bases, secret Nazi weapons, etc.).

Righto. It's a staple of the UFO fringe. See: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43526,00.html

A briefing book the group handed out to reporters says mankind must learn the truth about UFOs and switch to free energy and beam cars before it's too late.

And then there was this, which I wrote 2.5 years ago. Some folks, including I believe Tim, said at the time that I was being too uncritical, and looking back, they was right. It's a little painful to read; at the very least I should have reversed the order of the article. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,1282,19446,00.html

Much of the audience, though, is undeterred. They gather around the stinking, wheezing mower and stare at it as if it were an alien artifact recently recovered from Area 51. They are the perpetually hopeful, the uncritical -- the groupies of the future energy movement.

-Declan

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:40:40AM -0700, Tim May wrote:

stuff about zero point energy and perpetual motion machines. And, sometimes, mixed together with the usual nutcase stuff about the Hollow Earth theory (zeta reticulans colonizing the hollow earth, Greys, underground UFO bases, secret Nazi weapons, etc.).

Righto. It's a staple of the UFO fringe. See: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43526,00.html

A briefing book the group handed out to reporters says mankind must learn the truth about UFOs and switch to free energy and beam cars before it's too late.

And then there was this, which I wrote 2.5 years ago. Some folks, including I believe Tim, said at the time that I was being too uncritical, and looking back, they was right. It's a little painful to read; at the very least I should have reversed the order of the article. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,1282,19446,00.html

Much of the audience, though, is undeterred. They gather around the stinking, wheezing mower and stare at it as if it were an alien artifact recently recovered from Area 51. They are the perpetually hopeful, the uncritical -- the groupies of the future energy movement.

-Declan

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:40:40AM -0700, Tim May wrote:

stuff about zero point energy and perpetual motion machines. And, sometimes, mixed together with the usual nutcase stuff about the Hollow Earth theory (zeta reticulans colonizing the hollow earth, Greys, underground UFO bases, secret Nazi weapons, etc.).

Righto. It's a staple of the UFO fringe. See: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43526,00.html

A briefing book the group handed out to reporters says mankind must learn the truth about UFOs and switch to free energy and beam cars before it's too late.

And then there was this, which I wrote 2.5 years ago. Some folks, including I believe Tim, said at the time that I was being too uncritical, and looking back, they was right. It's a little painful to read; at the very least I should have reversed the order of the article. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,1282,19446,00.html

Much of the audience, though, is undeterred. They gather around the stinking, wheezing mower and stare at it as if it were an alien artifact recently recovered from Area 51. They are the perpetually hopeful, the uncritical -- the groupies of the future energy movement.

-Declan

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:40:40AM -0700, Tim May wrote:

stuff about zero point energy and perpetual motion machines. And, sometimes, mixed together with the usual nutcase stuff about the Hollow Earth theory (zeta reticulans colonizing the hollow earth, Greys, underground UFO bases, secret Nazi weapons, etc.).

Righto. It's a staple of the UFO fringe. See: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43526,00.html

A briefing book the group handed out to reporters says mankind must learn the truth about UFOs and switch to free energy and beam cars before it's too late.

And then there was this, which I wrote 2.5 years ago. Some folks, including I believe Tim, said at the time that I was being too uncritical, and looking back, they was right. It's a little painful to read; at the very least I should have reversed the order of the article. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,1282,19446,00.html

Much of the audience, though, is undeterred. They gather around the stinking, wheezing mower and stare at it as if it were an alien artifact recently recovered from Area 51. They are the perpetually hopeful, the uncritical -- the groupies of the future energy movement.

-Declan

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:40:40AM -0700, Tim May wrote:

stuff about zero point energy and perpetual motion machines. And, sometimes, mixed together with the usual nutcase stuff about the Hollow Earth theory (zeta reticulans colonizing the hollow earth, Greys, underground UFO bases, secret Nazi weapons, etc.).

Righto. It's a staple of the UFO fringe. See: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43526,00.html

A briefing book the group handed out to reporters says mankind must learn the truth about UFOs and switch to free energy and beam cars before it's too late.

And then there was this, which I wrote 2.5 years ago. Some folks, including I believe Tim, said at the time that I was being too uncritical, and looking back, they was right. It's a little painful to read; at the very least I should have reversed the order of the article. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,1282,19446,00.html

Much of the audience, though, is undeterred. They gather around the stinking, wheezing mower and stare at it as if it were an alien artifact recently recovered from Area 51. They are the perpetually hopeful, the uncritical -- the groupies of the future energy movement.

-Declan

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:40:40AM -0700, Tim May wrote:

stuff about zero point energy and perpetual motion machines. And, sometimes, mixed together with the usual nutcase stuff about the Hollow Earth theory (zeta reticulans colonizing the hollow earth, Greys, underground UFO bases, secret Nazi weapons, etc.).

Righto. It's a staple of the UFO fringe. See: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43526,00.html

A briefing book the group handed out to reporters says mankind must learn the truth about UFOs and switch to free energy and beam cars before it's too late.

And then there was this, which I wrote 2.5 years ago. Some folks, including I believe Tim, said at the time that I was being too uncritical, and looking back, they was right. It's a little painful to read; at the very least I should have reversed the order of the article. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,1282,19446,00.html

Much of the audience, though, is undeterred. They gather around the stinking, wheezing mower and stare at it as if it were an alien artifact recently recovered from Area 51. They are the perpetually hopeful, the uncritical -- the groupies of the future energy movement.

-Declan