EPISODE · Mar 29, 2022 · 2H 7M
Salvatore Pais: The Navy's UFO Patents and the Pais Effect
from Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · host Theories of Everything
I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Salvatore Pais on the Pais Effect and his UFO patents linking quantum gravity to propulsion. We cover the physics, publishing, and implications.0:00 Intro4:58 UFO patents story9:23 Why Sal emailed Curt12:16 Pais Effect13:38 UFO patents17:28 Patent officer rejection21:23 Energy in quantum vacuum (Superforce intro)23:58 Are patents disinformation?25:13 James Sheehy claim "operable"26:31 Using 1 Coulomb charge28:05 Inspiration for patents29:15 Spin vs Vibration30:19 Piezoelectric materials35:11 Eric Davis book influence36:19 Schwinger effect39:13 Gertsenshtein effect42:35 Microwave emitters in craft walls46:15 Prigogine effect50:57 Why Quantum Gravity is non-trivial58:32 Superforce / Planck force1:10 21 [Dan Zetterstrom] Ball lightning and plasma1:11 17 UFO orbs as plasma probes1:16 10 Trying to publish on Arxiv1:17 47 Publishing the patents1:22 49 Detecting UAPs via effect1:23 21 Being called a charlatan1:26 36 Cost to build technology1:28 24 Why gov't didn't file secretly1:31 34 Sal on disinformation claims1:33 33 Hurt by being called charlatan1:35 24 Eric Davis and Hal Puthoff1:37 13 Being kind to unkind1:38 47 Physics without philosophy analogy1:45 30 Convincing James Sheehy1:50 05 Podkletnov and Ning Li research1:54 56 Behind the scenes?1:58 32 Sal's message to audienceSPONSORS:RESOURCES:- YouTube: https://youtu.be/5E6QyAhTB3o- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything- Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch- https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJSPACESE.2015.075910- https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2017-01-2040/- https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8871349- https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJSPACESE.2015.069339- https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2019-0869- https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2017-5343- https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991saea.confR....P/abstract- "Ashtekar Bounce" / Robustness of key features of loop quantum cosmology: https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3565- Davis' "Frontiers of Propulsion Science": https://amzn.to/3JKBdL3- Conversations on Quantum Gravity: https://amzn.to/3tPtHJj- Coulthart's "In Plain Sight": https://amzn.to/3tQn1e7- Rovelli podcast: https://youtu.be/r_fUPbBNmBw- David Gross with Rovelli: https://youtu.be/AUyylR5RPZw- Coulthart interview: https://youtu.be/JM3kxeU_oDE Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Salvatore Pais on the Pais Effect and his UFO patents linking quantum gravity to propulsion. We cover the physics, publishing, and implications.0:00 Intro4:58 UFO patents story9:23 Why Sal emailed Curt12:16 Pais Effect13:38 UFO patents17:28 Patent officer rejection21:23 Energy in quantum vacuum (Superforce intro)23:58 Are patents disinformation?25:13 James Sheehy claim "operable"26:31 Using 1 Coulomb charge28:05 Inspiration for patents29:15 Spin vs Vibration30:19 Piezoelectric materials35:11 Eric Davis book influence36:19 Schwinger effect39:13 Gertsenshtein effect42:35 Microwave emitters in craft walls46:15 Prigogine effect50:57 Why Quantum Gravity is non-trivial58:32 Superforce / Planck force1:10 21 [Dan Zetterstrom] Ball lightning and plasma1:11 17 UFO orbs as plasma probes1:16 10 Trying to publish on Arxiv1:17 47 Publishing the patents1:22 49 Detecting UAPs via effect1:23 21 Being called a charlatan1:26 36 Cost to build technology1:28 24 Why gov't didn't file secretly1:31 34 Sal on disinformation claims1:33 33 Hurt by being called charlatan1:35 24 Eric Davis and Hal Puthoff1:37 13 Being kind to unkind1:38 47 Physics without philosophy analogy1:45 30 Convincing James Sheehy1:50 05 Podkletnov and Ning Li research1:54 56 Behind the scenes?1:58 32 Sal's message to audienceSPONSORS:RESOURCES:- YouTube: https://youtu.be/5E6QyAhTB3o- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything- Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch- https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJSPACESE.2015.075910- https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2017-01-2040/- https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8871349- https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJSPACESE.2015.069339- https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2019-0869- https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2017-5343- https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991saea.confR....P/abstract- "Ashtekar Bounce" / Robustness of key features of loop quantum cosmology: https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3565- Davis' "Frontiers of Propulsion Science": https://amzn.to/3JKBdL3- Conversations on Quantum Gravity: https://amzn.to/3tPtHJj- Coulthart's "In Plain Sight": https://amzn.to/3tQn1e7- Rovelli podcast: https://youtu.be/r_fUPbBNmBw- David Gross with Rovelli: https://youtu.be/AUyylR5RPZw- Coulthart interview: https://youtu.be/JM3kxeU_oDE Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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