>>2
You completely passed my argument by which was the distinction between the discovery of new physical laws and the discovery and invention of new ways of manipulating the material world. The advances in biology fit into my argument since they are just discoveries which can already be explained with existing physics. When particle physcis explodes come back here and gloat, until then you are either a complete idiot or since you've written more than me a failed troll.
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>>3
It seems so, but just because some troll/dumbass turns up and thinks otherwise there is no need to dismiss the possibilities completely.
>>4
Scientific method has moved on since the early 20th century. We don't make mistakes like this anymore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drop_experiment
We may discover the theory of everything in the next 50 years, or string theory may remain mathematics for centuries. It appears the only thing we can do is make our measurements more precise.
>>5 I didn't write that :/
>>12
I believe this is exactly what is happenning. As we discoverred, then tried to explain the 4 forces we honed in on the supposed theory of everything, finding simpler explanations as we went down. However as we discoverred complex arrangements in the universe around us and invented new ways to manipulate materials, this allowed more avenues to cross ideas and inventions and to create, analyse and invent more. At the moment we know how to create and manipulate a huge myriad of things in the physical world and as we progress into higher levels of complexity we will only open up more opportunities.
>>14
I disagree, it merely takes more time to find ways of doing things efficiently and giving them value.
>>16
Give examples of technology that has been forgotten.
>>21
This is true, but concerning core scientific institutions this sort of thing is rare because with intelligence comes a need to be sure you are looking at reality and not jump up, cock in hand, and say "i can maek bubbles make little lights omg it is cold fusion!!".
>>22
Don't be silly. There is no way to store such a huge amount of energy from a lightning strike as quickly as it lasts. 'Wireless' electricity is pointlessly inefficient because a huge amount of energy is lost as the wave generated expands, we'll stick to using it to pass information or transmitting energy from space if NASA ever realises they were being dumbasses making the shuttle and decides to make a large cargo plane with a super ram-scram jet and rocket combo engine. If not we'll have to wait for a private company to do it, virgin has already treaded in this area. The mars rock is the only one of it's kind and hardly looks like a face, it was a coincidence. The repulsin is just an attempt to use a vortex to create a region of sub-pressure above an aircraft, it is less efficient than using helicopter blades, I don't see why people think it is brilliant just because "omg it's saucer shaped!! we are becomming like gray aliens!!".