Time travel discussion with Ron Mallet tonight

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Dr. Ron Mallett's research into time travel has garnered attention but has ultimately been deemed controversial and invalid. His theories, which were presented in seminars and discussed in forums, relied on linear equations to describe a non-linear field, leading to significant criticism. The consensus among physicists is that Mallett's solutions do not hold up under scrutiny, as evidenced by discussions on platforms like Physics Forums.

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Mallet had a very interesting theory, but it did fizzle.
 
I saw him give a seminar at my university and I found his ideas to be interesting...

can someone provide more details on how his ideas fizzled?
 
I already watched it next week.
 
ptabor said:
I saw him give a seminar at my university and I found his ideas to be interesting...

can someone provide more details on how his ideas fizzled?

I didn't read everything in the thread linked, but from a previous discussion, my understanding is that he used linear equations to describe a non-linear field.
 

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