http://blog.sptnk.org/2009/05/09/z-is-for-zero-point-energy/ Sputnik Observatory for the Study of Contemporary Culture Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:12:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://blog.sptnk.org/2009/05/09/z-is-for-zero-point-energy/#comment-34 J Foss Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:19:41 +0000 http://blog.sptnk.org/?p=62#comment-34 Jacques, I feel you are blowing this way out of proportion... I don't believe the author's intent was to say this will solve global problems, rather it is an interesting concept that will be exciting to develop. Clearly ZPE is in its infancy stage... no one expects it to replace fossil fuels in the near future... and I'm not seeing any intellectual irresponsibility here... my guess is the deluded masses are probably not reading this site (they're probably on TMZ right now), so no need to worry about misleading them into non-action. Jacques, I feel you are blowing this way out of proportion… I don’t believe the author’s intent was to say this will solve global problems, rather it is an interesting concept that will be exciting to develop. Clearly ZPE is in its infancy stage… no one expects it to replace fossil fuels in the near future… and I’m not seeing any intellectual irresponsibility here… my guess is the deluded masses are probably not reading this site (they’re probably on TMZ right now), so no need to worry about misleading them into non-action.

]]> http://blog.sptnk.org/2009/05/09/z-is-for-zero-point-energy/#comment-10 Jacques Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:44:17 +0000 http://blog.sptnk.org/?p=62#comment-10 If you waste your platform espousing "something for nothing" ideas as soft headed as zero-point energy, the rest of your entire project will be diluted. iI's dangerous and irresponsible to suggest that a deus ex-machina will save the entire human race at the last minute from the repercussions of our bad decisions. Techno-topian futurists are selling a powerful elixir of millenarian fantasies to convince the deluded masses that everything will be alright and we can just go back to the status quo of suburban track homes and ratatouille. Your project otherwise seems intelligent, but I'm afraid this type of fantasy reveals a deep type of intellectual irresponsibility that is all too common. What a shame. If you waste your platform espousing “something for nothing” ideas as soft headed as zero-point energy, the rest of your entire project will be diluted. iI’s dangerous and irresponsible to suggest that a deus ex-machina will save the entire human race at the last minute from the repercussions of our bad decisions. Techno-topian futurists are selling a powerful elixir of millenarian fantasies to convince the deluded masses that everything will be alright and we can just go back to the status quo of suburban track homes and ratatouille. Your project otherwise seems intelligent, but I’m afraid this type of fantasy reveals a deep type of intellectual irresponsibility that is all too common. What a shame.

]]>