When Should Knowledge and Observation Gleaned From Novel Technology Be Considered “Science” by Society?: Does Theory Trump Empiricism in Our Modern Scientific Method?

Abstract

This paper focuses on the evolutionary development of this sensing technology and the system and summarizes previous repeatable observations. While the initial device that produced anomalous results looks very different from the embodiment described herein as version 4, much has been learned over the past two decades about how and when our technology enables electromagnetic detection of an interaction appearing consistent with an inertial reaction force. This paper describes our current sensor array in sufficient detail for others to replicate our investigations now published in multiple venues. The joint probability that our 11 independent results could have been achieved randomly is now very low and, of note, always signals the Sun, the center of our galaxy or the center of our supercluster of galaxies as potential sources. The knowledge gained by this work challenges today’s view of the role empiricism must play in building a more robust, fact-based and scientific description of reality. We contend that the gold standard for determining when a novel technology becomes a true ‘scientific’ device should depend on its ability to create repeatable evidence from Nature rather than its congruence with current, accepted scientific paradigms.

Presenters

Peter Mark Jansson
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, United States

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Knowledge Makers

KEYWORDS

Empiricism, Sensing Technology, Mach-Effect, Cosmology