One thing to take into account is the rationality of the system...
if too rational no eccentric ideas is tolerated.
if a system is too strict about what is tolerated it will block innovation.
it is where Tenure system can help, or the fellowship that you find in
some big corps...
it is
Theory/theology prevailing over experiment/reality is pre-enlightenment and
it is highly irrational.
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Alain Sepeda alain.sep...@gmail.comwrote:
One thing to take into account is the rationality of the system...
if too rational no eccentric ideas is tolerated.
You gotta love those Italians!
Italian government officials and MPs have made pro-cold fusion statements
in the past, going back many years.
When the history of cold fusion is written, Italy's government and
scientists will get a lot of credit.
- Jed
To what do you attribute Italy's relatively-functional immune system?
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:
You gotta love those Italians!
Italian government officials and MPs have made pro-cold fusion statements
in the past, going back many years.
When
James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote:
To what do you attribute Italy's relatively-functional immune system?
A laid-back attitude. I mean it. They don't take themselves as seriously as
we do. They know their institutions are far from perfect.
The U.S. is burdened by too much self-respect. We
That's one way to view it. An alternative that isn't necessarily exclusive:
I recall holding a public debate at the Ruben H. Fleet Science Center in
San Diego during the 1980s -- before the collapse of the Soviet Union --
regarding NASA's role in launch services vs the fledgling private launch
Another factor to consider is the influence of the english language
publications
Nature and Scientific American. They have less infleunce non-english
speaking communities
so their dim views on LENR carry less weight in non-english speaking
nations like Italy.
Harry
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