Since there is &lt;50% chance that this will pan out, then you would be making a good bet. Also, 99% of startups fail from inception, so according to your risk-reward tolerance you&#x27;d want to avoid investing your time or money in early stage startups as well.<p>Scientific advances are made when someone accomplishes what others thought was impossible. I haven&#x27;t seen anything in the physics to indicate that you&#x27;d be breaking (known) laws of physics. It seems that this article was written for people such as yourself.