If you think you have a perpetual motion machine, you're likely dividing by zero somewhere.

· Bits and Bobs 8/24/26
  • If you think you have a perpetual motion machine, you're likely dividing by zero somewhere.
    • "Assuming a spherical cow in an infinite vacuum."
    • Or, that you have perfect efficiency on something.
    • The only real perpetual motion machines import energy by having an incentive for others to participate and invest energy into the system's goal.
      • They're only perpetual motion machines from the perspective of the machine's owner; the amount of energy invested by everyone in total is more than what it outputs.