Around the hood. 47 minutes, 12mph, 9 miles 191.7 lbs.
Rode around 7pm after it had cooled off. Kung Fu is having a positive effect on my rides. I was worried because I haven't been riding as much, but I could definitely put more power into my ride without getting my heart rate up too high, and I'm recovering much faster now.
I'm maintaining the same weight. I hit a low of 188 around my birthday 2 months ago, and have been holding steady close to that since I started Kung Fu. I can definitely tell I'm converting fat to muscle, so holding steady is just fine for now.
Medical doctor Randy Mills is claiming that there is a Hydrino state of hydrogen with a ground state energy lower then the regular ground state of hydrogen. From that he argues that you can get extra energy out of hydrogen atoms. This is a common pseudo-scientific claim for various free energy schemes.
Beyond being sceptical just because it hasn’t been discovered in around 100 years of electrical and collision experiments, there are a few other reasons not to trust these claims. First, even though Bohr’s theory of the hydrogen spectra was wrong, It is expressible in a simple quantization of the primary symmetry of the system, the angular momentum. This is something that holds true in the Bohr model, and the Schroedinger model. There is a powerful symmetry and correctness in the simple description this supplies. Even though it is not technically correct, and Quantum Electrodynamics is needed to compute energy levels that agree with the latest experiment. It comes very close to the true value because of the strength of the underling symmetry of hydrogen. These types of extraordinary claims need extra-ordinary levels of proof before they should even be considered.
the equations used to find the states are wrong and they are wrong in a specific way that author knows allows these states to exist
I’ve looked over the papers both positive and negative for Mills’ theory. The negative paper completely debunks the mathematical framework Mills constructed to support his theory. It doesn’t agree with quantum mechanics in many significant ways, including any other atom, or even higher energies of the hydrogen atom. The non-debunking paper looks at solutions to the hydrogen system from relativistic quantum mechanics. It starts by deriving the standard solutions of these equations and and then looks at solutions that are considered non-physical because they are part of a family of solutions which diverge at the center of the atom. The author then claims we should consider these solutions because we know the equations used to find the states are wrong and they are wrong in a specific way that author knows allows these states to exist, when there isn’t a lot of evidence for them in the first place.
No attempt is taken to anaylize non-spherical states or even higher energy atoms. If this theory is true, there are many other non-physical states that should be accessible and we should see them many more places then just in hydrogen plasmas. For each class of quantum system that physicists study this should add a near infinite number of states accessible and physical in this same way.
As far as free energy goes. Let’s suppose there are energy levels lower then the ground state energy of hydrogen and we can access them. How does this give us free energy? To get at this energy we need some sort of catalyst that will take regular hydrogen and convert it into the Hydrino state. In order to get energy from this, we have to convert a mass of hydrogen to this new state without it being able to convert back. Apparently once hydrogen is in this state it is only accessible through the collision with a catalyst atom.
This means that there are states of the electron which are invisible to the electro-magnetic force. The same force responsible for transferring energy in collisions. If it were able to interact with the electro-magnetic force then it would be able to exchange a photon with the local field and would be the standard ground state of hydrogen. Hmmmm. I can only see one problem with this, the electron is bound to the proton through the electro-magnetic force. So without even using mathematics and bringing equations into play there are enough holes in this theory to be highly suspicious. I give this theory a 9 out of 10 in the bogosity scale. Cold fusion is more likely then this.
I was doing some warm up stretches before Kung Fu class when some of the students started talking about which Math class killed all their interest in Mathematics. It was either Geometry or Algebra depending on the student. I stayed way out of this conversation, except to mention that High School geometry doesn’t teach geometry, it teaches a mis-mash of ancient geometry and a smattering of logic. Thankfully class started before I went off the deep end.
One of my least favourite things about studying Math and Physics in college was the way it could kill any conversation. That coupled with me not being much of a people person at all, I never really figured out how to recover from this awkward lull in the conversation. Even being a software developer is better, but I’ve known a few that would lie about that just to avoid the lame conversations that brings on. They claimed that even lying about being a Kia salesman and admitting you lied worked better.
The conversations went something like this.
What do you do?
I’m studying Math and Physics at UT.
Oh, you must be really smart.
No not really. It’s just easy for me.
– either that or this —
I used to like math until I took such and such a class and I hated it.
Oh, a lot of people do.
I don’t think I have had the courage to tell a stranger how much I love to study Math and Physics. There is so much unadulterated beauty in the process. Its hard to fit in when you study the average persons childhood nemesis which brings up nothing but bad memories. About the closest any adult gets to math is doing taxes or balancing a checkbook, something that only accountants would enjoy. So if you ever find yourself in this situation, please change the subject. At least for the sake of the conversation.