In the world of science, people tend to believe what they were taught, what they have read in books and not in things that contradict those beliefs. I would like to take it as far as saying that people would rather believe in what they have been told rather than what they can see with their own eyes. We are entrenched with the LAWS of physics and are told that those laws are the ultimate dividing line between what is possible and impossible. We are arrogant in our own knowledge and do not go to consider what may actually be the cause of some of the things that ARE HAPPENING in the outside world.
One example of something, that according to any engineer and scientist cannot work and will inevitably be thrown into the recycle bin of knowledge is a new electric motor developed by a company called Steorn.
Steorn have been doing work in renewable and free energy devices (there is a significant difference) and have developed an electric motor that outputs more energy (torque x angular motion) than the energy required to drive it (watts).
You can read more about their motor at http://www.steorn.com/
They are not the only company with this type of technology but it seems that the economic system in which we believe has prevented these companies from making it in the world economy.
I will add a number of other posts on this topic during the rest of the week. Please visit the websites because it will change your beliefs of what is possible and what is not.