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[–] SongAboutYourPost 1 point 4 points (+5|-1) ago 

it appears to function but they don't know how nor why.

Still... SIGN ME UP!

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[–] redsedfred 0 points 19 points (+19|-0) ago 

I want to believe, but it's hard not to be skeptical.

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[–] Relapse 1 point 17 points (+18|-1) ago 

Don't get ahead of yourself. This drive would change everything we think we know about physics. Some kind of measurement error is more likely. I choose to be skeptical until one is tested in space and we see it actually happening.

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[–] Mr_YUP 3 points 1 point (+4|-3) ago 

I thought they already had tested one in space

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[–] flibolimay 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

NASA tested one in a vacuum chamber, but no one has tested one in space yet.

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[–] Murphdog 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

This will change everything

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[–] ponhawk 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

If it ever gets independently verified by someone other than the telegraph.

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[–] nick2day 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I'm glad they proved it worked within his lifetime. Oftentimes, validation like this happens years down the road.

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[–] trolleyfan 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Except they haven't. All they've proved is that they haven't proved it doesn't work yet.

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[–] didntsayeeeee 1 point 15 points (+16|-1) ago 

Sigh. Read some more skeptical articles before you get excited. The scientific hype cycle makes me sad. This has FTL neutrinos (or cold fusion) written all over it.

The big red flag is that each time the experiment is performed more carefully, the effect is smaller. It's already a thousandth of what it was supposed to be. The latest actual research says "yeah we've checked a few things now, but there's still some effect from the wires which we haven't properly taken into account, maybe it's that".

Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof, and the possibility of some experimental error is not even close to having been eliminated. Sorry.

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[–] ForcingChickens 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I'm so ready to shit my pants but my stools remain unshat for the moment being. It seems so similar to claims that fell flat on their face before.

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[–] ackzsel 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I don't buy it (yet).

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