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   From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:02:08 +0100, Thomas Heger    
   wrote:   
      
   >Am Freitag000013, 13.02.2026 um 16:23 schrieb john larkin:   
   >> On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:50:59 +0100, Thomas Heger    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Am Mittwoch000011, 11.02.2026 um 19:47 schrieb Liz Tuddenham:   
   >>>> john larkin  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> [...]   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Why are physics types so often insulting and obnoxious?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I've been to physics meetings that shocked me with their brutality.   
   >>>>> That mentality is terrible for brainstorming and inventing things.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Physicists are particulary careful to prove that they are NOT inventing   
   >>>> things.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Of course physicist could invent whatever they want and have the ability   
   >>> to invent.   
   >>>   
   >>> Science isn't organised in 'guilds' and everybody has the right to   
   >>> invent, which would include physicists.   
   >>>   
   >>> But mainly the engineers invent things, because they have more training   
   >>> in the use of the required means.   
   >>   
   >> Training teaches repetition. Dogs are trained.   
   >>   
   >> Inventing things is a separate skill. It involves being crazy,   
   >> exploring the extremes of the solutuin space, staying confused.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Also the usual job description of engineers is more related to invention   
   >>> than those of physicst.   
   >>>   
   >>> But there exists no laws, that would prohibit inventions by physicists   
   >>> -at least not in Germany. US laws are different, however, and nobody   
   >>> actually knows, what they forbid or demand (besides a set of   
   >>> 'sorcerers', which charge insane fees for legal informations).   
   >>   
   >> There's no legal restrictions on inventing things here in the USA.   
   >> Lots of people do it, amateurs included.   
   >>   
   >> The vacuum diode (Edison effect), the triode, the airplane, the   
   >> klystron, electronic TV, the personal computer, lots of stuff was   
   >> invented by unauthorized people.   
   >   
   >Sure, but the USA has also some reputation for confiscating unwanted   
   >inventions.   
   >   
   >There had been several instances, where patents got locked away, because   
   >they would threaten 'national security'.   
   >   
   >There were interesting inventions, which could eventually had advanced   
   >mankind, but were allegedly threatening some interests.   
   >   
   >E.g. there was Stan Meyers' 'Watercar', Tesla's 'Wardencliff Tower' or   
   >Wilhelm Reich's 'Cloudbuster', the 'cure for cancer' by Royal Raimund   
   >Reife or magnetic levitation in Coral Castle.   
   >   
   >I personally had the idea, that 'cold fusion' actually worked and was   
   >possibly the real cause of the implosion of the twintowers on 9/11.   
   >   
   >So, yes, inventions are allowed in the USA, but are actually a risky   
   >thing, because all of the above got in trouble.   
   >   
   >...   
   >   
   >   
   >TH   
      
   Exactly. Risk is encouraged in the USA.   
      
   I go to maker/startup meetings where people present really nutty (and   
   often funded) ideas. That sort of thing is admired here.   
      
   Fail fast, fail often.   
      
      
   John Larkin   
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