I think it is appropriate for forums such as Vortex-L to debate the value of new papers. We should be fair, honest, and not defamatory. We should not impugn the integrity of the authors. I tried to be fair and explicit in what I said. I would love for the authors to respond on Vortex - lets get at the truth.
Bob Higgins On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > > In short (at the risk of being repetitive) ... this theory is an >> embarrassment to the two guys who proposed it since they did not recognize >> the insurmountable problems. > > > I don't know. I think it's kind of an interesting time to watch this > field -- it feels a little like what it might have been like during the > dawn of the scientific method. We need to encourage a learning attitude, > and people should be allowed to make mistakes in public without incurring a > stigma. As the authors become better acquainted with nuclear physics, this > understanding will either modify the approach they take, or at least > they'll know which concerns to address up front, knowing there will be > certain types of complaint (e.g., free neutrons, gammas, etc.). > > The super-harsh critics who watch this kind of attempt and draw scathing > conclusions about people looking into LENR are not a big concern, in my > opinion. > > We should be encouraging and not take too critical an eye to attempts such > as the one by Lunden and Lidgren. In addition, we should be open to > fragments of insight that might be hidden in such attempts. > > Eric > >
