Zero point science and metafysiks

Zero point science could explain weird things including UAPs, produce unlimited energy, take us to the stars, and give us spiritual insights.

I praise Joe Rogan for bringing the work of great minds, working at the frontiers of highly imaginative science and technology, to the attention of the public. In “Irrational mechanics,” I say that science “must descend from its ivory tower and join us in the street. This book is a manifesto for street science.” Joe Rogan’s work is a great example of street science.

I’ve been watching two recent episodes of Joe Rogan’s podcast. 

One episode is a conversation with physicist and space engineer Harold “Sonny” White. One often hears White’s name in connection with “crazy” space propulsion ideas like the Alcubierre warp drive or the much maligned EmDrive. White also researches creative ways to extract energy from the “zero point field” of quantum fluctuations in the vacuum.

He has founded a company that wants to build nanotechnology able to leverage the Casimir effect to extract zero point energy from the quantum vacuum. The Casimir effect was first theorized by physicist Hendrik Casimir and then confirmed in the laboratory. When two parallel metal plates are very close to each other in the vacuum, there is a force that pulls them closer. White explains that this force comes from fluctuating fields in the quantum vacuum.

For a technical presentation of all these things, see for example the last chapter of “Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems and Integration.”

Another episode is a conversation with maverick physicist Hal Puthoff, renowned (or maligned) for his work in unconventional scientific areas, including remote viewing and unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). Puthoff has also been involved (bigtime) in the physics of the zero point field.

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