Putting aside the obvious scientific contradictions and otherwise completely unscientific poppycock, I have read claims to anti-gravity effects, spontaneous material duplication** from residual fuel to mango chunks, and of ‘glowing’ attributed by some dint of gross scientific misunderstanding to triboluminescence.

Even if we just focus on, for instance, the absolute crap about gas bubbles ‘imploding’ when ignited, we immediately hit a fundamental flaw in the writer’s scientific knowledge - combustion, is an exo-thermic process. Even if this mysterious gas possesses previously unobserved properties, it is ignoring the laws of physics in much the same way as a bucket might become lighter when filled.

Throwing in a bunch of pseudo-scientific terms (or making up a few of your own) doesn’t make this any more convincing to anyone other than a small child who still thinks that light-bulbs and house matches work by magic.

It instills in me nothing but contempt for my fellow man that this is still touted web-wide as a feasible or plausible invention when every piece of literature I can find is littered with contradictions, unscientific bullsh*t, and impossible observations. My opinion is bolstered by the barely legible protests of the individuals who support these claims with greater zeal than their local football team. That the most vociferous ‘believers’ appear to most clearly demonstrate an utter lack of linguistic (let alone basic scientific) education is wholly as expected.

When this device gets around to being produced and demonstrated wholesale, cures world hunger, and facilitates instantaneous interstellar travel, I will eat my words. Until then, I await the inevitable punchline.

That there is no obvious public beneficiary in this scam does not make it any less a (seemingly cynical) ploy to defraud the uneducated, so I don’t expect the punchline to be particularly funny.

The last time I was this incredulous was when, having carefully explained the principles by which a helium balloon expands as it rises toward the upper atmosphere, I was asked ‘how air knows to push against the sides’. It was a questioned asked by a grown and otherwise well-educated adult, not a five year-old.

All faith I have left in the human race is rapidly fading.
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* This is an unfair comparison, as at least a fraction of the sci-fi babble in Star Trek is grounded in plausible theory.

** Even assuming that any old ‘crud’ could be replicated, or that the cell might possibly replicate complex carbon-based molecules from nothing more than thin air, are we to accept that complex proteins, acids, and cellular structures can be ‘incidentally’ replicated inside this gizmo? What of the A-Bomb levels of energy that would be required to ‘create’ matter? Apparently, the water is unconsumed, so this is derived from zero-point energy I presume?? There’s a cure for global warming for you - replicate one mango, freeze an entire continent to near absolute zero!

You can’t blame the government for there being no working examples in your neighborhood. Grainy youtube videos don’t count - there are also videos of two guys dueling with light sabers.

Until you witness one first hand where you can measure what is being put in and coming out - try to maintain some healthy skepticism.