Ah yes I did make a mistake in the construction of that answer ( I didnt mean to challenge the reference to the second law of thermodynamics,for a variety of reasons,the foremost being I think its flawed..but thats for another time and place:P),,I was attempting to draw a parallel re; laws becoming outdated....after all, whats "laws" are there that relate to what 'light' is?..Not "how it behaves",, but "what it is comprised/composed of?..What exactly is a "photon"...We have "ideas" at best....I believe there are BIG HOLES in our current comprehension of many things, both physical and intellectual/spiritual
What I meant to say was that 'prior' to coherent light being 'made',,or 'discovered ( it was always there, like EVERYTHING that has yet to be 'uncovered/iscovered'
) such a device was "impossible" and really, aside from being able to utilise aspects of the things for our purposes, "we" as a species, have a VERY limited understanding of most, aspects of the electromagnetic spectrum; e.g. "light" from the infra red visible spectrum through to ultraviolet, to name just a spick of the (EM) spectrum...but were learning, I think the Large Hadron Collider will provide some VERY interesting and controversial data...we shall see
It certainly is possible that Tesla's telleric currents or some sort of novel fusion process could provide a lot of low cost energy but there are established business interests that will oppose such things to preserve their profits as long as possible
Too true and seriously sad, however I think the internet and the sharing of knowledge and ideas, will bring about major changes,(who had heard of a 'viral video' 5years ago?) and initally wonderful technologies.that can, and might change the way we live in unprecedented ways, with equally unprecedented sociological changes, both "good" and "bad"
Did you have a look at the video of the Perendev motor?.. I watched an extrordinary video on Youtube the other day, that was REMOVED immediately after I watched it
with a note saying so, when I tried to replay it..I told vesp about it, and I think I will try to make what I saw.....give me a few months
Nikola Telsla was one of my scientific heroes and a major inspiration for me to investigate 'alternative phenomena'..of all sorts....there are still many mysteries out there...
After all, what kind of reception do you think you would you get, from the 1959 "Scientific Community"... if you were able to go back to that period with say, a laser pointer, and a 12volt dc DVD player, and a few discs?, or even (just!!!) a digital camera!!!
I reckon it would be kinda fun!
but I have NO doubt I would encounter hoards of highly qualified disbelievers