[Daniel II]

"I think the point is to use permanent magnets to work against other magnets attr/repel force so that the motor is continually destabilized (and spinning), thereby generation of “free-energy”. I think it’s possible, but I’m not a scientist so what do I know.."

Gauss's law for magnatism (shown in differential form) is one of Maxwell's equations.

This shows why there can never be residual "magnetism" left over for use in a free energy system.  It states that the magnetic field B has divergence equal to zero. It is equivalent to the statement that magnetic monopoles do not exist. In other words, all magnetism comes in a dipole moment.

There is simply no way to destabilize the magnetic field without a monopole.

[PIF]

“...Maxwell's equations.”

Do you mean quaternions?

I'm not sure if you are referring to James Clerk Maxwell's original quaternion (a field equation), or a Heavyside altered one (a vector equation).

You may know this but for everyone else:
Only four quaternions from Maxwell's original 200 are accepted - the other 196 were dismissed as abominations. And those four were changed from field to vector. Taken together, they describe the entirety of electromagnetic radiation.

As for the other 196 - they languish in obscurity since the self-educated Heavyside dismissed them in the 19 Century.

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