Can anyone assist Chet? And possibly be part of a physics breakthrough - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: SteveThackery
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 05:07:06 pm
content: Colleagues!Chet has made it clear to me in private correspondence that he would be very happy to build and demonstrate a device that demonstrates the phenomenon he has been describing. The proviso is that he needs assistance from someone who knows how to handle the potential high voltages, and other safety issues, that could arise.Sadly, I am on the wrong side of the Atlantic, and I don't have the necessary expertise anyway. But if anyone is within driving distance of San Diego, California*, perhaps it might be of interest to explore this alternate physics. After all, it would be a hell of a thing. It would be a breakthrough, and it would be awesome to be a part of it.Anyway, I just wanted to suggest it.*I won't reveal Chet's address for privacy reasons, but if you contact him by PM I'm sure he will co-operate.EDIT: I'm sorry - it seems my attempt at levity misfired.I did wonder in passing if anyone might enjoy engaging with it, but it would almost certainly be a waste of time because nobody's opinion would be changed.

author: shabaz
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 05:20:32 pm
content: No, it would be a complete waste of time. People have better things to do surely. Wouldn't it be better to go and help someone who actually needs help to become an engineer, there are plenty of people or kids who would probably be very grateful to see a pro teaching them to solder, or to show how to use an oscilloscope, and so on.

author: Simmed
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 05:22:00 pm
content: could it be that this is "him" also ?https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/adding-additional-overvoltage-protection-to-a-dmm/

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 05:49:14 pm
content: Quote from: SteveThackery on May 29, 2025, 05:07:06 pmthere will be no high voltages and the biggest safety risk is him dropping it on his footI'm no longer sure which is more silly; Chet's word salad nonsense, or people taking him serious

author: paul cotter
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 05:57:51 pm
content: Agreed, the only high voltages are in his head. No one who is gainfully employed is going to waste their time on something that cannot possibly work. What is needed is someone who is retired(like me) who is willing to do it for the "hell of it" I too am on the wrong side of the pond.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 06:30:07 pm
content: My suspicion is, that not only won't it work (in terms of discovering new Physics). But, they (Chet) will FAIL to learn from the experience, and will just say something like:"The Earth ground fairies, decided to not perform on the day of the test. Because the inductance negative watt fields, were too time-dilated, resulting in premature field-collapse""Also, the specific meters, used for the measurement, detected the anomalies, but have been programmed by the government to keep those effects secret, so lied, and hid the effects"My understanding is that, a person who is afflicted with substance-abuse, mental-illness, wild beliefs in conspiracy or wacky scientific beliefs. Is NOT going to be affected, by the reality of the scientific/engineering situation.E.g. They seem to have 100% ignored, all the complaints about the invalidity of their simulations, and seem to be carrying on, regardless.Alternatively, they could simply be trying to scam people out of money, and trying to get these experiment(s) going, to get photographs/videos/information, so they can scam more people.My understanding is, sitting down with them and carefully explaining the reality of the situation. Doesn't seem to sink in with such people. They just come up with further, wild explanations, instead of properly listening and understanding.Which is why, twenty pages later, the original thread, doesn't seem to have impacted on Chets beliefs, in (analogy terms) free-energy fairies, at the back of their garden.

author: SteveThackery
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 07:36:34 pm
content: Quote from: langwadt on May 29, 2025, 05:49:14 pmTrust me, I am not taking his claims seriously, as I have made abundantly clear. I am satisfied there is nothing of substance, just some simulator software that fails to handle a particular "corner case" correctly.I did wonder if someone might want to strike a blow for science and against woo-woo by calling his bluff - after all, not many practitioners of pseudo-science invite collaborators from the other side of the divide.But I think MK14 is right: if it didn't work he'd make an excuse and quite likely drag it out indefinitely. And there's no chance of him giving up on his beliefs, even when faced with incontrovertible evidence, judging by his contributions so far. So in truth it wouldn't turn out to be a very satisfying blow.I think Chet's thread, and this one, have hit the buffers.EDIT: I'm obviously rubbish at expressing levity, so I've added a clarification to my opening post. I failed to make it clear that I didn’t and don't believe that Chet's claims are real. I apologise for kicking off a pointless thread and wasting people's time.

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 08:48:19 pm
content: Quote from: SteveThackery on May 29, 2025, 07:36:34 pmI don't know; I understand your motivation here, and I don't think you were off the mark in making that offer (or at least opening the possibility of someone else "helping" Chet).Ackshooly, it might be a good thing if someone were to undertake to help him actually build this god-damned thing, and to prove once and for all (albeit by negation) that there's no way in hell it can work.But it would have to be an honest effort, and the person helping would have to consider it time well spent, not wasted.

author: Wallace Gasiewicz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 10:29:37 pm
content: Absolutely not wasted time. I learned about Earth ground fairies from MK14, so that explains the inconsistencies in some of my readings. So there.

author: Chet
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 11:03:11 pm
content: Quote from: Simmed on May 29, 2025, 05:22:00 pmNope.

author: Xena E
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 11:32:34 pm
content: Could this be him?

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2025, 11:41:20 pm
content: could be