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I'm thinking of maybe making a thread about the island of stability to explain that since I don't think people understand it.
originally posted by: mirageman
Why is no one putting pressure on Knapp to "go dig it up" as he claimed he would do at a conference in Denmark?
I have no idea what gives you that idea, scientists say that the Lorentz aether theory is indistinguishable from relativity theory since they make the same predictions, which both match observations. Applying Occam's razor strongly disfavors aether, contrary to your assertion:
originally posted by: AstroDog
If Occam's razor were applied to all of science aether theory would still reign supreme, yet it does not.
Occam's (or Ockham's) razor is a principle attributed to the 14th century logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham. Ockham was the village in the English county of Surrey where he was born.
The principle states that "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily." Sometimes it is quoted in one of its original Latin forms to give it an air of authenticity:
"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"
"Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora"
"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem"
In fact, only the first two of these forms appear in his surviving works and the third was written by a later scholar. William used the principle to justify many conclusions, including the statement that "God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone." That one didn't make him very popular with the Pope.
Many scientists have adopted or reinvented Occam's Razor, as in Leibniz's "identity of observables" and Isaac Newton stated the rule: "We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances."
The most useful statement of the principle for scientists is
"when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better."
In physics we use the razor to shave away metaphysical concepts. The canonical example is Einstein's theory of special relativity compared with Lorentz's theory that ruler's contract and clocks slow down when in motion through the ether. Einstein's equations for transforming spacetime are the same as Lorentz's equations for transforming rulers and clocks, but Einstein and Poincare recognised that the ether could not be detected according to the equations of Lorentz and Maxwell. By Occam's razor it had to be eliminated.
I have no idea what gives you that idea, scientists say that the Lorentz aether theory is indistinguishable from relativity theory since they make the same predictions, which both match observations. Applying Occam's razor strongly disfavors aether, contrary to your assertion:
originally posted by: AstroDog
If Occam's razor were applied to all of science aether theory would still reign supreme, yet it does not.
Occam's (or Ockham's) razor is a principle attributed to the 14th century logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham. Ockham was the village in the English county of Surrey where he was born.
The principle states that "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily." Sometimes it is quoted in one of its original Latin forms to give it an air of authenticity:
"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"
"Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora"
"Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem"
In fact, only the first two of these forms appear in his surviving works and the third was written by a later scholar. William used the principle to justify many conclusions, including the statement that "God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone." That one didn't make him very popular with the Pope.
Many scientists have adopted or reinvented Occam's Razor, as in Leibniz's "identity of observables" and Isaac Newton stated the rule: "We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances."
The most useful statement of the principle for scientists is
"when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better."
In physics we use the razor to shave away metaphysical concepts. The canonical example is Einstein's theory of special relativity compared with Lorentz's theory that ruler's contract and clocks slow down when in motion through the ether. Einstein's equations for transforming spacetime are the same as Lorentz's equations for transforming rulers and clocks, but Einstein and Poincare recognised that the ether could not be detected according to the equations of Lorentz and Maxwell. By Occam's razor it had to be eliminated.
Even if you don't believe what Brian Dunning speculates about the UFO
But the "science master" teacher ignored that warning from the headmaster (he was upset with the headmaster) and he talked about it extensively.
He also said the UFO was the size of a tire which isn't as big as other stories
originally posted by: A51Watcher
OMG this is hilarious!!!
"Bob Lazar said he stole 500 lbs of Element 115 from Area 51..."
Make a mental note people, anyone who has repeated this nonsense here on ATS, you should NEVER listen to again!
Anyone ask for a SOURCE on this hallucination?
Apparently no one KNOWS how he got his hands on some?
It would seem so.
Maybe it IS time ATS closed it's doors.
I already admitted I should have said George Knapp said Bob stole SOME OF the 500 pounds Bob mentioned, which portion George saw, and that Bob talked about using what he stole to blow up Las Vegas. If you're chastising me for not stating that correctly at first, point taken, but I did post a correction with the source.
originally posted by: A51Watcher
OMG this is hilarious!!!
"Bob Lazar said he stole 500 lbs of Element 115 from Area 51..."
Make a mental note people, anyone who has repeated this nonsense here on ATS, you should NEVER listen to again!
Anyone ask for a SOURCE on this hallucination?
Since you talked about asking for sources, would you please post a source for that?
originally posted by: A51Watcher
a reply to: Arbitrageur
No.
The story posted in this thread comes from an alternate universe.
Bob never stole any amount.
He acquired it from a 3rd party who got it from his workplace which was not Area 51.
His workplace would receive bricks of it from time to time and they were tasked with cutting it into triangle pieces and were unaware of what these bricks actually were.
115 is the fuel for the anti-matter reactors, he says. By bombarding 115 anti-matter is produced. A kilo of anti-matter could produce the energy equivalent of 46 ten-megaton hydrogen bombs, and comparing the energy potential of anti-matter to, say, the Hoover Dam would be like comparing planets to grains of sand. 115 could also make one heck of a bomb.
Lazar: "We're talking about hundreds and hundreds of megatons off a small piece of it. It sounds incredible, but total conversion of matter to energy would release that amount of power. And it isn't that difficult to take....get the energy out of it. So it's not something you'd ever want to fall anyone's hands."
According to this source, Bob Lazar himself says the government wanted to recover the alien fuel, which if he didn't steal it personally, but received it though some convoluted means as you described, then your account is that he received stolen property, is that what you're saying? But this source actually says he stole it so that's why I'm asking you for a source, trying to get at the bottom of this:
originally posted by: A51Watcher
a reply to: Arbitrageur
Ok I looked at your source you posted, and nowhere in George's remarks in Denmark do I see him say Bob stole any Element 115.
WHO said Bob stole E115?
The FBI raided Lazar’s business to recover the alien fuel, according to Lazar
In 2016, the FBI raided the office of United Nuclear Scientific Equipment and Supplies. Lazar and the documentary frame the raid as an attempt by the U.S. government to seize alien fuel that Lazar allegedly stole from Area 51.
originally posted by: A51Watcher
a reply to: Arbitrageur
Ah ok your source is the brobible site.
The film culminates in the heavily-teased FBI raid. In a spooky clip, Lazar and Corbell go deep into the woods to discuss claims that Lazar made when he first went public: that he had managed to steal a piece of “element 115,”
Apparently, neither do you. That doesn't mean I think you're lying, but contrary to popular claims, Bob Lazar's story is not that consistent, so it would not shock me at all to learn he told more than one version of events on this too.
They of course do not have an interview or transcript to prove that point.
That may be true, too bad you apparently don't have a link to a transcript of that.
Bob detailed how he got the 3 small pieces of E115 early on in a radio interview only 1 time as far as I know.
Yes I've heard the "no comment" statements.
But since then in subsequent interviews throughout the years has always responded to questions about his possession of E115 with the reply "No comment."
Lead? That's what George Knapp and John Lear mentioned, but I don't understand why lead containers were needed if the 115 was stable. Stable elements shouldn't need lead containers, should they? I worked with radioactive materials in one of my jobs, and stored them in lead containers, because they were radioactive and the lead made them safe to transport without giving me an overdose of radiation.
eta: Bob also mentioned what material his remaining piece is encased in, but not the location.
originally posted by: johnlear
Bob obtained 3 "arrowheads" about 2 inches long machined at LANL. Bob, Joe Vanniniti and I did the 'dry ice'/coleman lantern pintle experiment which was videotaped. Bob kept them in round lead containers about one inch thick. 2 were stolen back by the government.
Bob said it was stable but it was stored in a lead container, but that doesn't make much sense. Why would a stable element be stored in a lead container? I've stored unstable (radioactive) materials in lead containers; they are good for blocking radiation leaving the radioactive source.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
It's not radioactive is it? Because that would definitely cause a lot of problems if he has a big chunk stashed in an old cigar box under a stone fence by a tree somewhere.
"The U.S. has interests all over the world, and therefore countries all over the world are interested in us. So even a small embassy will have an intelligence officer there....That includes our allies, by the way. "Friends spy on friends," says Bucci...
Next, tack on what are known as NOCs (for "non-official cover"). These are professional spies posing as businessmen, journalists, students, etc...
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a reply to: Ophiuchus1
Has there ever been mentioned by Bob and those he knew on a personal basis, what the color of stable E115 is?
Would you believe that Jeremy Corbell has claimed it has always matched the same hue as his fantastic Norse beard?
originally posted by: penroc3
a reply to: Ophiuchus1its the half like that is the problem with 115, there might be a meta stable version of it but i doubt it