{"id":730965,"date":"2019-10-25T06:15:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T06:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/25\/inventor-accused-of-conning-farmers-by-promising-to-bring-the-rain\/"},"modified":"2019-10-25T06:15:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T06:15:04","slug":"inventor-accused-of-conning-farmers-by-promising-to-bring-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/25\/inventor-accused-of-conning-farmers-by-promising-to-bring-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Inventor accused of conning farmers by promising to bring the rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David Miles, an Australian inventor who has been peddling weather modification technology for almost 20 years, has been accused of preying on desperate farmers by charging up to $50,000 Australian dollars for delivering rain on demand without so much as explaining the technology behind his business.<\/p>\n

On the official Miles Research website, controversial inventor David Miles explains that in the 1990\u2019s he realised that \u201cit was possible to incrementally influence weather patterns using a variant of the Einstein \u2013 Rosen Bridge hypothesised in the 1930\u2019s, to effectively create a bridge between \u2018the present\u2019 in the physical space-time continuum, and a near-future event, forecast to exist from one to ten days ahead in time\u201d. He found that by applying small amounts of energy intelligently, even a large, chaotic weather system approaching from the future could be mitigated.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll notice that, while somewhat intriguing, Miles\u2019 explanation does little to explain how he is able to bring rainfall to the lands of farmers paying him tens of thousands of dollars for rain contracts. He makes references to famous but controversial concepts like \u201cthe butterfly effect\u201d, but nowhere does he actually reveal how the rain making actually happens. He claims that the mystery is intentional, as revealing too much could help others steal his ideas or even weaponize it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were advised against patenting because it\u2019s basically exposing how it works. There are a lot of big companies that invest in trawling through patents,\u201d Miles told\u00a0News.com.au. \u201cI understand the scepticism, the only other way is to fully prove up our science and physics and peer review. If we did that we\u2019ll lose it, it will be taken up as a national security interest and it\u2019ll then be weaponised.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accused Miles Research (formerly\u00a0Aquiess<\/em>) of preying on people\u2019s desperation, and warned people against doing business with him, but the Australian inventor claims the ACCC is only trying to defame him and his company, as in reality they are success based \u2013 if it doesn\u2019t rain, they don\u2019t get paid.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey signed the agreement that if by the end of June they\u2019d received 100mm, they pay $50,000, if they only receive 50mm, they would only pay $25,000. Anything under half we don\u2019t want to be paid,\u201d Miles said of a handful of Wimmera farmers who agreed to take him up on his offer to deliver rain.<\/p>\n

Believe it or not, one of the farmers who paid David Miles for his alleged rain-making capabilities told ABC Radio that he was quite happy with the results.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got involved because it sounded good, the fact you can control weather, because as a farmer rainfall is everything,\u201d the farmer said. \u201cI think the evidence is out there, you look at the forecast what\u2019s meant to come and all of a sudden it increases dramatically. You know that he\u2019s behind it and I reckon I haven\u2019t seen such good crops in this district ever, everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, there\u2019s no way to prove that Miles is the one bringing the rain, and he has no interest in explaining his claims in detail, for now. He talked of creating a facility where he could safely show off his technology without fear of having it stolen, but didn\u2019t offer a timeline of when it might be ready.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got disparate components, we\u2019ve been tutored in how to hide in plain sight \u2026 but we need a Defence-grade facility where we can bring it together, for the moment we\u2019re having to operate fairly low-key,\u201d Miles said.<\/p>\n

Miles\u2019 claims raised suspicions for obvious reasons, including a since-deleted section of his company website, which claimed that his technology used \u201celectromagnetic scalar waves\u201d, which scientists say don\u2019t even exist.<\/p>\n

\u201cElectromagnetic scalar waves don\u2019t exist,\u201d University of Melbourne associate professor of physics Martin Sevior said. \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing. He\u2019s taken a few words and put them together and made them sound somewhat scientific but it\u2019s meaningless.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Miles doesn\u2019t seemed deterred by his critics. He continues to claim that he can deliver rain to farmers brave enough to invest in a rain contact.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going out and putting our name on the line that we will deliver rain. We\u2019re prepared to let the client region define the metrics \u2014 if you\u2019re confident of getting 50mm, perhaps start at 60mm. Our pricing is coming in under the cost of shipping water,\u201d the inventor added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen engaged to deliver rain in recent times we\u2019ve been able to (deliver) most of what was (promised), sometimes not enough, it\u2019s not perfect. We have been able to achieve about 80 per cent. We lose our reputation if we fail \u2014 we haven\u2019t failed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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