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First Speaker

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13. This sounds exactly like a 1940s Astounding story...

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Fri Mar 3, 2023, 12:09 AM

Mar 2023

...in particular, Heinlein's *Waldo*, which deals almost precisely with this kind of scenario. It's a good story to read, like all Heinlein's Golden Age work...

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Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing [View all] Mr. Sparkle Mar 2023 OP

Wow. K&R n/t ms liberty Mar 2023 #1

double wow quaint Mar 2023 #2

Beam me up, Scotty central scrutinizer Mar 2023 #3

Beat me to it. Those were my exact first words. wnylib Mar 2023 #5

This has me energized. WheelWalker Mar 2023 #4

"I drink your milkshake!", quantum style n/t Silent3 Mar 2023 #6

Somebody may be able to... 2naSalit Mar 2023 #7

Fascinating. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2023 #8

KNR and bookmarking. For later. niyad Mar 2023 #9

Seems like a race for brilliant scientists to save the world before magats and fascists destroy it housecat Mar 2023 #10

I know a physicist who been writing a paper about this. Duppers Mar 2023 #11

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Mar 2023 #18

Omg. Triple wow. :) Thanks, Mr. Sparkle, for a great wonder. Hortensis Mar 2023 #12

This sounds exactly like a 1940s Astounding story... First Speaker Mar 2023 #13

Thank you for the info! Lucinda Mar 2023 #17

One day one of these people is going to discover a means to wink us ALL out of existance. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #14

Wow! Cool. Bookmarking to read with the a.m. coffee. nt crickets Mar 2023 #15

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Mar 2023 #16

K n R ! Thanks for posting!... JoeOtterbein Mar 2023 #19