http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html

You're likely going to need a few thousand tests to get any significant statistical results.

In any event, even the slightest non-symmetrical shape or the slightest unobservable convection currents in the water will determine how the water moves - think of the "butterfly effect".

I guess what I'm saying is (I'm an applied scientist - structural engineer), and while I firmly believe the theory is correct, a hands on test that is not strictly controlled in a lab but done in one's bathroom or kitchen sink DOES NOT adhere to good scientific protocol for testing, and may be even more meaningless than many of the tests done by the pharmaceutical industry these days to prove their drugs are effective and safe.

OK, I've opened up another even larger can of worms, but can anyone NOT think of a recent class action lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company? The first one I recall was against thalidomide (mid sixties).

Glenn

Last edited by Glenn Kolot; 10/07/11 10:31 PM.