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Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics

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On 10/27/2016 5:20 PM, benj wrote:
> On 10/26/2016 10:02 AM, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>> On 10/26/2016 6:53 AM, john wrote:
>>> I think politics has killed Physics.
>>> When Tesla died,
>>> his ideas were not shared.
>>> The US government came and
>>> confiscated them.
>>>
>>
>> For what purpose?
>>
> To look them over and see if there was anything of interest to them,

And why would confiscating them and preventing them from being in public 
view serve this purpose? You think the government can only benefit from 
ideas if they hide them away? Why would the government have to 
CONFISCATE Tesla's ideas? What would they possibly gain?

> obviously, (especially with Tesla jammering in the newspapers about
> inventing a "death ray" to shoot down airplanes). And gosh, years later
> somehow the government has this "star wars" program to develop...wait
> for it... yeah, a "death ray" to shoot down missiles. Coincidence?

Quite possibly. Lasers didn't exist in Tesla's day but they certainly do 
now. You have one in your DVD player.


-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-26 02:22 -0700
  Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-10-26 04:53 -0700
    Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics Helmut Wabnig <hwabnig@.- --- -.dotat> - 2016-10-26 15:19 +0200
    Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-10-26 13:48 +0000
    Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-10-26 09:02 -0500
      Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-10-27 18:20 -0400
        Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-10-28 00:07 +0000
          Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-10-29 17:45 -0400
            Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-10-29 23:27 +0000
              Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-10-31 19:13 -0400
                Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-10-31 23:26 +0000
                Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-10-31 20:32 -0400
                Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-11-01 05:06 +0000
        Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-10-29 17:11 -0500
          Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-10-31 19:10 -0400
            Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-10-31 23:29 +0000
              Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-10-31 20:34 -0400
                Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-11-01 05:10 +0000
                Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-11-01 18:15 -0400
                Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-11-01 23:42 +0000
                Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-11-02 17:01 -0400
                Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-11-02 22:58 +0000
                Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-11-03 16:55 -0400
                Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-11-03 21:29 +0000
    Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics Serigo <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-10-26 09:24 -0500
      Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-10-26 07:30 -0700
        Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics Serigo <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-10-26 10:24 -0500
        Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-10-27 16:13 -0500
  Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-26 08:05 -0700
    Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-27 07:11 -0700
    Re: Two Falsehoods That Killed Physics jay moseley <jaymoseley@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-30 06:58 -0700

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