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Tag: crackpot
The Black Hole Time Traveler
TW: sexual assault, rape If you follow this blog with any regularity, you should know that I take the occasional dive into some strange rabbit holes. This one looks into the activities of one Marlin Pohlman. In 2004, Pohlman filed a patent application for a method of gravity distortion and time displacement. The claims require … Continue reading The Black Hole Time Traveler
The Thrust Levitator
All we need to make anti-gravity propulsion a reality is to be wrong about everything!
Crystal Healing with Electronic Gem Theory
I could probably do a blog that focused exclusively on medical quackery, but it would make me too sad.
Soggy Moon Theory And More
The following is a trip into the world of Eurica Califorrniaa, a far-right inventor whose interests appear to span from extraterrestrial water harvesting, through micro nations, to extreme anti-abortion politics. Consider this your content warning.
Patenting Your Perpetual Motion Machine
As a patent attorney, I am bound by two different sets of laws--the human and the physical--and I foolishly expected others to feel the same. I should have known better, and I am sorry.
The Navy’s Flying Saucer
The government's own crackpots tend to have better success at getting patents.
The Cosmic Cube
In which we explore another crackpot invention.