Great Pyramid Of Giza Can Focus Pockets Of Energy In Its Chamber, Scientists Say

[naomi24]

//The Great Pyramid of Giza can collect and concentrate electromagnetic energy in its chambers and at its base, scientists have discovered....Its ability to concentrate electric and magnetic energy was discovered by a team of researchers led by scientists from ITMO University in the Russian city of St Petersburg.//

https://news.sky.com/story/great-pyramid-of-giza-can-focus-pockets-of-energy-in-its-chamber-scientists-say-11455429

What do you make of that?

[Theland]

So the pyramid cod piece is a waste of money then?
Damn!

[Khandro]

Apologies for my post at 23:20, I was, (inexplicably) referring to the Sphinx!!

[naomi24]

AZardoz/Huderon, thanks for your responses and links.

Both ITMO University and the Laser Zentrum Hannover are reputable institutions and the result of this joint investigation was published in the Journal of Applied Physics, a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Therefore, Huderon, your eagerness to relegate this work to the realms of flying saucers puzzles me – although it might give you some credence with the unthinking hooters and hollerers I suppose, Jim included. Incidentally, you say it would be interesting to see Jim’s take on it but his input has added nothing to the discussion so far and isn’t likely to. Curiosity never was his forte so he hasn’t fallen short of my expectation.

[douglas9401]

Starting to get a bit of a David Icke vibe.

[naomi24]

Why?

[Cloverjo]

Me too, douglas.
Naomi, I wouldn't say Jim is an "unthinking hooter or hollerer".

[naomi24]

You wouldn't? Check out his response on this thread.

[Huderon]

naomi, I never said or implied that ITMO University and Laser Zentrum Hannover were not reputable, nor did I say or imply that about the Journal of Applied Physics. Those are the conclusions that you jumped to.

What I did say was that it is the assumptions made in the modelling which bother me. If any of them are wrong, the results will also be wrong. Until someone goes along to see if the theoretical results match those found by actual physical experiment, I'll leave it in the appropriate mental folder.

That aside, the use of nanoparticles based on a pyramid shape, which is part of what the study was about, might well have practical applications.

What I suspect is that having come to that conclusion, someone in the team wondered what the results would show if applied to the Great Pyramid. Making the assumptions they did produced a result which got the research a lot of publicity, which is never a bad thing for a scientific paper.

Cynical ? Moi ???

[naomi24]

Huderon, Not jumping to conclusions – simply pointing out that these people aren’t crystal worshipping New Agers with their airy-fairy heads in the clouds. I do agree with you that the assumptions made in the modelling mean that the work isn’t by any means fool proof. Nevertheless, it’s interesting … well, to me at least.

[jim360]

It's certainly flattering to have so great an authority as Naomi come to her professional evaluation of my curiosity. If only there were someone else to provide a more positive assessment of my credentials as a research scientist!

Since, apparently, not everyone agrees with Naomi, I'll look at your link tomorrow Huderon.

[naomi24]

Jim, you’ve given your opinion. You took one look and instantly rubbished the work. You can hardly blame me for observing your lack of curiosity - especially when I’ve seen it so often.

[AZardoz]

I have some other links but they will be probably be trashed too, especially considering the source.
Mañana.

[1ozzy]

//The Great Pyramid of Giza can collect and concentrate electromagnetic energy in its chambers and at its base, scientists have discovered//

The worlds first microwave oven?

No wonder the contents within were mummified.

Done that to a few heat and eats myself.

[jim360]

"You took one look and instantly rubbished the work."

Nope, you misunderstood the point I was making.

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I did glance over the paper last night and a more considered opinion would be something along the lines of "interesting numerical simulations but very sensitive to initial conditions". I can't say I'm too surprised by the idea that the pyramids, being highly symmetrical objects, might interact with EM radiation in a non-trivial way -- although, to be sure, I'd literally never thought about it before.

I think I'd probably dispute the use of the word "discovered", and replace it with "investigated", but apart from that it seems OK to me.

[sandyRoe]

Any chance of a practical application coming from this?

[naomi24]

Jim, //"You took one look and instantly rubbished the work."

Nope, you misunderstood the point I was making.//

Oh I understood the point you were making – a bit like the one PeterPedant made – unchallenged by you – when he said this post should be in the joke section. Your ‘research scientist’ brain deemed the OP ‘sad’ - and that says it all.

[jim360]

If I understood the press release, the possible practical applications (in the long term) were the main point of the study:

"... researchers say the same science could be used to create more efficient sensors and solar cells."

[jim360]

Cool, what was the point I was making then?