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It's easy to be dismissive of something as it takes the lowest amount of energy to do so. But perhaps you might find something new when you do keep your mind slightly open.
I read Distinti and found his work on electromagnetism valid, even if his treatment of current elements was not revolutionary because Ampere had already been there.
I was however in a good position to read the rest of his work. It is when he started to treat gravity that he obviously went astray. I spent a lot of time reading it to come to this conclusion, so it is not a matter of disdain but of a rational rejection.
Distinti, unlike many others, is able to present equations and maintain logic in what he says. But this is not enough to make him a genius. We must not forget why we need a new theory:
- we need a new theory to explain facts that are not already explained.
- we need a new theory to explain in a more global way what other theories would explain in their own field.
- we need a new theory if it is able to predict new observations and to propose experimental methods to produce them.
Any new theory must specify in what way it predicts new facts or explains facts that are not already explained, and what are its divergences with the classical theories that can be experimentally verified in order to know who is right. In all other cases, I see no interest in a new theory, since it would not bring anything new in the facts.
So what experiment does Distinti propose that would allow us to distinguish his theory from others by different testable predictions? I don't see any, only interpretations of phenomena that are nevertheless classical and explainable without his theories.
In this field, I regularly see theorists claiming that classical theories could not explain what they show us, when it is only their lack of mastery of physics that is the cause.
Finally, I would like to add that I deplore the fact that too many talented experimenters and people capable of innovative ideas turn into followers of the least exotic theorist or the least experimentalist, both of whom brandishing their non-academic status as proof of their genius.
Following them is where I see the easy way out, and where I would apply your remark "it takes the lowest amount of energy to do so".
Whoever succeeds in making free energy will never be a follower. He will be alone because he will be the first. It is much harder!
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