Live data from Hacker News

Procter and Gamble heir claims to have discovered the key to universal energy

betabeat.com

1–10 of 11 posts

Re: Procter and Gamble heir claims to have discovered the key to universal energy

#4
post #3

Who voted up this complete nonsense?

Agreed! What the heck? “What he discovered was shocking: that the torus is the secret to an abundance of energy, that it is embedded in crop circles and used by aliens to travel through galaxies, and that a complex political conspiracy is keeping free energy technology out of the hands of average Americans.”

Re: Procter and Gamble heir claims to have discovered the key to universal energy

#5
"The second law of thermodynamics, which states that energy cannot remain perpetually in motion in a closed system, doesn’t apply to the torus, Mr. Gamble argues on the Thrive blog, because 'a torus is not a closed or isolated system.'"

Wait, what? If I put a box around a torus, it can somehow exist outside of that box?

Re: Procter and Gamble heir claims to have discovered the key to universal energy

#7
post #3

Who voted up this complete nonsense?

I think it is important to realize that MANY people believe these things and think like this. Going to a university and then becoming an engineer has caused me to take for granted the fact that there are MANY people who believe or can be convinced by this kind of stuff.
Post reply on HN