Nassim Haramein
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| − | '''Nassim Haramein''' is a | + | '''Nassim Haramein''' is a [[physics]] crank who rose to internet fame (among the physics/math illiterate) around 2010 for his work on the Schwarzschild proton, a theoretical model (entirely inconsistent with experimental observation) of the proton where two black holes "orbit" one another. Anyone with even a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics knows that classical "orbits" do not apply at the scales mentioned in his paper. The paper has now been hidden from public view after being debunked as pseudoscience by internet blogs equally as reputable as Haramein. He has no physics background and struggles with mathematics, yet claims to have uncovered the holy grail of physics, the "Unified Field Theory". |
| − | He is the founder of '''The Resonance Project''', a | + | He is the founder of '''The Resonance Project''', a website and foundation concerned with Unified Physics, and the "Hawaii Institute for Unified Physics", another website created to lend credence to his charlatanry. Assorted clips from his talks can be found on [[YouTube]]. Despite this, his article keeps getting deleted from [[Wikipedia]] on notability grounds..<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Nassim_Haramein_%282nd_nomination%29&oldid=492958115 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nassim Haramein (2nd nomination)]." Wikipedia. 2012 May 16.</ref> He was featured prominently in the [[conspiracy theory]] movie ''[[Thrive]]'', where he discusses the fundamental shape of the fabric of space, as well as potential [[extraterrestrial]] involvement with Earth throughout history. |
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| + | He is featured in the self-directed Gaiam film ''The Black Whole,'' a 2011 documentary-type movie starring Haramein and his "vacuum is the key to everything" nonsense theory. In the movie, he addresses the little he understands of [[quantum mechanics]], the [[golden ratio|phi ratio]], tetrahedrons, symmetries in the structure of the vacuum, and, of course, black holes, which, according to Haramein, are everywhere and everything; we are constantly appearing and disappearing at the speed of light, so, half of the time, we are vacuum, made of "blocks" of 64 tetrahedrons, arranged in such a way that a mini-black hole is created right at the centre of each block, thus proving that we all have [[Time cube|four sides]].{{fact}} | ||
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| + | Now that his Schwarzschild Proton paper has been debunked and is only available to paying members who have fallen for his scam, he claims on his website to have published a new paper, "Quantum Gravity and the Holographic Mass" in the Physical Review and Research International Journal, at ScienceDomain International. This is in fact not a real journal but a website where anyone can pay a fee and have their "research" "peer-reviewed" (by no one in fact) and then "published" onto the fraudulent website. Haramein is clearly a fraud and con-artist with no credibility and anything he claims should be taken with less than a grain of salt. | ||
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Revision as of 10:29, 12 July 2013
Nassim Haramein is a physics crank who rose to internet fame (among the physics/math illiterate) around 2010 for his work on the Schwarzschild proton, a theoretical model (entirely inconsistent with experimental observation) of the proton where two black holes "orbit" one another. Anyone with even a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics knows that classical "orbits" do not apply at the scales mentioned in his paper. The paper has now been hidden from public view after being debunked as pseudoscience by internet blogs equally as reputable as Haramein. He has no physics background and struggles with mathematics, yet claims to have uncovered the holy grail of physics, the "Unified Field Theory".
He is the founder of The Resonance Project, a website and foundation concerned with Unified Physics, and the "Hawaii Institute for Unified Physics", another website created to lend credence to his charlatanry. Assorted clips from his talks can be found on YouTube. Despite this, his article keeps getting deleted from Wikipedia on notability grounds..[1] He was featured prominently in the conspiracy theory movie Thrive, where he discusses the fundamental shape of the fabric of space, as well as potential extraterrestrial involvement with Earth throughout history.
He is featured in the self-directed Gaiam film The Black Whole, a 2011 documentary-type movie starring Haramein and his "vacuum is the key to everything" nonsense theory. In the movie, he addresses the little he understands of quantum mechanics, the phi ratio, tetrahedrons, symmetries in the structure of the vacuum, and, of course, black holes, which, according to Haramein, are everywhere and everything; we are constantly appearing and disappearing at the speed of light, so, half of the time, we are vacuum, made of "blocks" of 64 tetrahedrons, arranged in such a way that a mini-black hole is created right at the centre of each block, thus proving that we all have four sides.[citation needed]
Now that his Schwarzschild Proton paper has been debunked and is only available to paying members who have fallen for his scam, he claims on his website to have published a new paper, "Quantum Gravity and the Holographic Mass" in the Physical Review and Research International Journal, at ScienceDomain International. This is in fact not a real journal but a website where anyone can pay a fee and have their "research" "peer-reviewed" (by no one in fact) and then "published" onto the fraudulent website. Haramein is clearly a fraud and con-artist with no credibility and anything he claims should be taken with less than a grain of salt.
See also
External links
- The Resonance Project homepage.
- Semi-layman's Version of some of Nassim Haramein's theories.
- Nassim Haramein on Coast to Coast radio show.
- Nassim Haramein's unified theory enters mainstream science!: A JREF forum thread investigating claims that his ideas were accepted by the mainstream.
- [1] Schwarzschild Proton debunked
- [2] ScienceDomain.org Article of Haramein's supposed groundbreaking new paper
- [3] Message where he claims to have published a paper in a journal (which is in fact a website where anyone can publish anything for a fee)
Footnotes
- ↑ "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nassim Haramein (2nd nomination)." Wikipedia. 2012 May 16.