One scary answer you are not thinking of that is documented to exist is religious belief.

https://medium.com/predict/a-ufo-cult-that-offers-alleged-human-cloning-services-b1a95874f83b

That’s the thing about cults. They have different moral and ethic codes.

I know this is going to sound crazy and people get weird about ufo stuff and cults but there is literally a ufo cult that claimed they cloned a human awhile ago and they still offer cloning services on their website. I wish I was making this up and at the time it was regarded as a hoax and it may have been but if you research the cult they have a PHD in charge and are pretty serious about wanting to clone people. I cover it all in the article below.

https://medium.com/predict/a-ufo-cult-that-offers-alleged-human-cloning-services-b1a95874f83b

The next question is addressing the fact that we could do this to humans if we wanted and whether or not that could be happening. There have been claims by groups with clear intentions to clone humans despite the obvious legal and ethical issues. Is it absurd that such interested parties would proceed covertly?

You really should refrain from calling him a crackpot and I don't think cold fusion at this point is a useful term because even if you entertain the original Pons-Fleischmann results as having any validity the alleged mechanisms behind them are very different than the H(0) discussed in this paper. You are correct that what he is describing would lead to table top fusion if true and the same author actually published a peer reviewed paper in 2015 claiming to have achieved net fusion. It's surprising that I had never heard of it until now.
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4928572

I agree that it's odd nobody else is working on replicating this researchers results that I can find. I'm not sure how to explain that, but until somebody attempts and get's a null result I think we should refrain from calling him a crackpot. It looks like he is still holding his position at his University and publishing papers. I even found an old news article about his 2015 paper where the University stands by the results. It's interesting, but yes we should be skeptical.

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016203132/https://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/news-calendar/News_detail//small-scale-nuclear-fusion-may-be-a-new-energy-source.cid1323710&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1672450495019957&usg=AOvVaw1SKJUPL-pttIzlYgS7zQRa

This concept does potentially address dark matter and it’s funny to me that people are just beginning to point this out. I shared a video of Vopson explaining his theory and multiple people just commented about it as well.

So, what’s the connection to dark matter? Vopson says, “M.P. Gough published an article in 2008 in which he worked out … the number of bits of information that the visible universe would contain to make up all the missing dark matter. It appears that my estimates of information bit content of the universe are very close to his estimates.”

https://bigthink.com/hard-science/dark-matter-theory/

Because it’s stating that information itself has mass and the current classical interpretations doesn’t. He then predicts results that wouldn’t happen under current interpretations. Adding information as part of the fundamental framework with mass and energy would certainly lead to paradigm shifts. The theory is not in contradiction to any other theories so if it was confirmed it would integrate well. The fact it’s testable means it should be considered even if you disagree with the assumptions as anything that could potentially move science forward deserves consideration.

He is suggesting information has a small amount of mass and has calculated it. He then predicts a way to detect it with a design of experiment. Perhaps his underlying assumptions are wrong but it’s very interesting and testable so we should reserve judgement if it’s wrong or right based on experimental evidence.

This paper is on information theory and covers entropy as it relates to genetics. The same author has other papers on information theory that is more in the area of mathematics or physics and another paper on experimentally testing the theory that is more in the area of condensed matter physics.

The mass-energy-information equivalence principlehttps://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.5123794

Experimental protocol for testing the mass–energy–information equivalence principle

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0087175

Yes. I cover this in two other posts.

https://www.reddit.com/r/observingtheanomaly/comments/vu5a0j/addressing_the_crisis_in_cosmology_the_emperor/

https://www.reddit.com/r/observingtheanomaly/comments/wvy9am/eric_lerner_published_an_article_attempting_to/

I found this very interesting 5 dimensional theory that treats mass density as a 5th dimension and was created by a nuclear physicist that worked at Los Alamos National Labs. He was allowed to work on his theory for half his time he was there and published numerous technical papers concerning it. He even has a technical paper on designing experiments to test the theory in which he is an advisor created at the Air Force Space Technology Center. One of the most interesting predictions of his theory is a form of fusion that the standard model says is impossible that would make fusion energy far easier to attain. In a nutshell he predicts properly aligning the spin of hydrogen can lower the amount of energy necessary for a form of usually very rare fusion into helium to take place. Not only does this lower the energy requirements, but it it's aneutronic which means it doesn't produce radiation. I wouldn't have believed the claims myself if it wasn't for the fact he was a nuclear physicist with high security clearance and employment at LANL (he is currently deceased.)

It’s shocking how few people understand nuclear energy doesn’t have to have radiative waste and it doesn’t require mythical physics. It’s called aneutronic fusion and it’s accepted conventional theory. We just have to actually fund the research and we could have plenty of cheap and clean fusion energy using hydrogen boron fuel.

We also have nuclear battery technology that is getting impressive and it’s feasible we could find solutions that are eventually cost competitive using relatively safe materials.

Also, current compact fission reactors designs are projected to go on the market by 2026. They have a ceramic coated fuel source to make it more safe and this likely will eventually become cost competitive with natural gas for certain industrial markets.

I’m glad your also open to cold fusion. The DOE is funding $10M in this research is it’s a long shot but deserves more attention.

The chips act could potentially usher in good paying jobs and a strong manufacturing economy in the US but if it’s done poorly it will lead to pollution and indentured servitude. I worked at global foundries back in the beginning and it was run very poorly back then with most of the workforce afraid to quit because they would have to pay back five figure moving allowances they had already spent. The hours in that industry are rough as they expect 12 hour shifts and lots of night shift work.

Also, this is an opportunity to boost STEM education and transform education but again if we fail here it’s not good. These factories are 100% meant to become fully automated so we will need a completely different kind of workforce in the future. Mechanics, technicians, programmers, and engineers will be required and although there will be a huge influx of labor to build everything out it will eventually lead to massive labor downsizing once everything is running properly. We clearly don’t seem to be politically ready for that day.