John J.
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Puthoff's PhD is in electrical engineering, not physics.
Where his theories have ventured into pure physics, they sometimes result in extraordinary claims and they have been criticized, e.g.
In fairness to @owntheissue, I think they meant claimed "government level ET conspiracies" (Please correct me if I'm wrong!)
Where his theories have ventured into pure physics, they sometimes result in extraordinary claims and they have been criticized, e.g.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_E._PuthoffExternal Quote:Massimo Pigliucci called Puthoff's hopes to extract zero-point energy as running contrary to the laws of physics: "a proposition... that violates basic principles of thermodynamics and that is considered pseudoscience by credentialed physicists."
In fairness to @owntheissue, I think they meant claimed "government level ET conspiracies" (Please correct me if I'm wrong!)