Speculations about ORMUS.

Here is a list of some of the more scientific sounding speculative claims that Hudson made in his various works:

 They are monatomic.

They are orbitally rearranged.

They are in a high spin state.

They are superdeformed.

They are superconductors.

We do not know if the ORMUS elements are monatomic or not. You can read more about the monatomic discussion at:

 http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/what.htm

 http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/boson.htm

 We also do not know if they are in a "high spin state". David Hudson did not use the term "high spin state" in his patent. I suspect that he learned about the high energy physics experiments which created the so called "high spin, superdeformed nuclei" after his patent was filed. The papers that he cites in his lectures are all dated after the date of his patent filing. From the content of his lectures, he seems to have just assumed that the term "high spin state" might apply to the ORMUS state of matter because he found scientific papers that applied that term to some of the same elements that he was working with. This kind of word usage is called "speculation" because Hudson provided no evidence that the ORMUS elements are in a "superdeformed", "high-spin" state. He only speculated that this might be the case. For example, in his Dallas lecture he said:

 

"We actually found that these atoms, in the literature, since we filed our patent, and we filed 11 more patents on the superconducting state of a mini-atom system of the high-spin state. We found in the published literature in 1989, 1990 and 1991, that the Niels Bohr Institute, that Argon National Laboratories, that Oak Ridge National Laboratories, indeed had confirmed that the very elements that I had filed in my patents do exist in this high-spin state, in the mono atomic form. And that they do inherently go to that state when they're in the mono atomic form. They will not go to this state when they're in the diatomic state, but they will go to this state in the mono atomic form. And the words that they have developed in the scientific community to explain this is the asymmetrical deformed high-spin nuclei. They have even published papers on the asymmetrically deformed high-spin nuclei, and found that they theoretically should be superconductors. Because high-spin atoms can pass energy from one high-spin atom to the next with no net loss of energy."

The problem with this hypothesis is that the scientific literature that Hudson cites says that the high spin state is a head-over-heals spin that elongates the nucleus of the atom to the point where it is more likely to fission into two different elements. This is an unstable state. It is doubtful that the ORMUS form of the transition elements, which appears to be their most common form in nature, is less stable than their metallic form.

 Instead various ORMUS researchers have suggested that the spin is along the long axis of the elongated nucleus. This is like the increased spin of an ice dancer as she brings her arms in above her head. The key to this hypothesis is that you get a bunch of ORMUS units spinning coherently and that this spin coherence is the key to instantaneous communication and levitation. You can read a couple of articles I have written on this subject at:

http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/spincoherence.htm

and:  http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/patterns.htm

David Hudson often stated his speculations in the same way that a scientist might report a fact. This has confused many people, especially people who do not understand the scientific method.

 I think (speculation) that we may do this so that we can sound more convincing to those we wish to persuade about the value of ORMUS. If we use scientific sounding words in an affirmative manner then we come across as more credible to those who are unfamiliar with ORMUS. I constantly catch myself doing this too, but I am trying to quit.

 David Hudson's lectures contain many speculations, factual errors and self contradictions. This does not mean that they are worthless, it just means that we need to scrutinize them with a bit of scientific skepticism. Each statement needs to be examined for the truth and falsehood that may be contained in it. His claims need to be verified scientifically by independent scientists. So far, it is still too early in the exploration of ORMUS to expect that many of Hudson's claims have been verified, especially since the folks that I know who are interested in verifying them do not have the resources to do so.