Is it me, or is Michio Kaku a total buffoon?

[rewebster]

My sister is always sending me science links because she knows I'm a total nerd.
Yesterday she sent me a link to some kraut talking about alternative fuels. Your comment reminded me of something he said. He talked about something that was once science fiction, then a vision, then a decision, then a reality, and now, it is history. It was the trip to the moon of course, that he was talking about.

Interesting how fantasy physics can become real like that.

yes, but if you look at some of the other wild ideas throughout history, some had more of a chance at becoming reality more than others. have you ever seen or read some of those "Popular Science" magazines from the 1910's , 1920's , and 1930's ? ---From flying cars for everyone by the 1950's, to, whatever-----even back in the 60's they thought everyone was going to be traveling by electric powered 'track' cars by the 1980's.

That's (those) seem like the subject matter(s) that he talks about it seems.

If he talks about 100 of those types of things, and one (1) comes closer to fruition than the rest, which one out of the 100 do you think he'll say, 'I told you it was possible!' ?

 

[OmCheeto]

yes, but if you look at some of the other wild ideas throughout history, some had more of a chance at becoming reality more than others. have you ever seen or read some of those "Popular Science" magazines from the 1910's , 1920's , and 1930's ? -

Nope. But I routinely read the "50 years ago" and the "100 years ago" section in Scientific American.

--From flying cars for everyone by the 1950's, to, whatever-----even back in the 60's they thought everyone was going to be traveling by electric powered 'track' cars by the 1980's.

That's a weird coincidence. I came up with that same idea about 6 months ago. It's actually quite logical if you sit down and think about it.

That's (those) seem like the subject matter(s) that he talks about it seems.

If he talks about 100 of those types of things, and one (1) comes closer to fruition than the rest, which one out of the 100 do you think he'll say, 'I told you it was possible!' ?

Michio Kaku is 61 years old. He will be long dead by the time any of his ideas come to pass. And anyways, most of the things he talks about aren't even his ideas. He just has very good science feeds.

On a side note:
I think the thing I don't like about this thread is how someone can question whether or not someone who built a particle accelerator in their parents garage while in high school is a buffoon. I'm amazed that such a geek nerd can function normally in society.

 

[Tekno]

God, I feel rather like my name right now. I thought Cheetos said Kaku will be having an open chat in "this" forum instead of "his" forum. My bad.

LOL.. ah, don't feel bad... I only knew the answer because I am a member at Dr. Kaku's forum.

 

[gendou2]

I think it must just be you. He is a THEORETICAL physicist, you can't say that THEORETICAL physics is correct or incorrect because it is THEORETICAL.

Yeah, it's just a theory.

How ridiculous. A theory in Physics must be able to be proven wrong.
This means you might be able to prove any theory false by experiment.
Kaku can be just as wrong as Nostradamus or Newton.
Being wrong doesn't decide how good a physicist is.
Being a good physicist is about making a contribution.

 

[flyingpig]

Wonder if he is reading this right now lol

 

[Evo]

We used to host Kaku's forum. But I think that this thrawd is worn out.

Locked.