Comment by dr_dshiv
3 days ago
It was volunteered as an example of a legitimate invention in a category that is viewed as wholly illegitimate.
3 days ago
It was volunteered as an example of a legitimate invention in a category that is viewed as wholly illegitimate.
Not true, because it's (2), not (1) in a context where we were talking about (1).
Drawing from an ambient energy source is perfectly legitimate, and is not what anyone meant by perpetual motion machine in the context of this thread. Next you say "but that distinction didn't exist at the time" and then I say "but it did in the comment section here where the example was introduced" and round and round we go.