We all want to understand the mechanisms that are in play in a system. But if a Workshop project is showing results, as soon as we as experimenters report any results the common response always used to be something like “wow, that’s great, how does it do that?”. Recently the response has been “why do you thing it works”. A major component of science is supposed to be “observation”. Why do I think it works, because I can see it, touch it, feel it, duplicate it, and test it. When did that become not good enough to move forward? So I had a bit of a “brain dump” that I wanted to share with all of you… The video is me brain dumping, and the transcript is here too… Hi everyone. So it seems like people are really getting hung up on the whys, when honestly, what does it matter why? If a device is making something move, and that movement is strong enough to make a difference, it's not just an artifact, it's actually a thrust. No, I'm definitely not saying that everything being reported as creating inertial propulsion is the real deal. There are definitely some that are simply being measured incorrectly, and maybe even some that aren't quite as honest as they should be. The problem is, they're not all being measured incorrectly, but the critics of this technology say that they are, or that they're being faked. Here's part of the problem. A rocket engine, or a jet engine, lying on a workbench gets fired up, and it will immediately take off to the side, wherever it's pointed. An inertial propulsion thrust device might not. Many times, it requires a certain amount of mass attached to it, sort of to act like a buffer, or like a stabilizer. That doesn't mean that it's doing some oddball trick. It simply means that alone, it might not do the job we want it to. I can tell you firsthand that engines for large machinery can sometimes be removed from that large machinery, and still be made to run unrestrained, and separate from any chassis. The problem is, that if it's uncontrolled, and it's torqued in any way, such as opening the throttle, and bringing the RPMs up quickly it will generally flip over and damage itself. It requires a chassis with mass to control it. In fact, many common everyday devices that only run because of their support systems, or add-on components.