On Nov 23, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Taylor J. Smith wrote:
Try Bible-dipping and find "By their works you shall know them."
Are they doing a terrible job? Do you think it is some accident
that there has been very little US government funding for cold
fusion research since the announcement by Pons and Fleischmann in
1989?
Of course not. Everyone knows that this research has been
suppressed since 1989. However, the people suppressing it are
academic scientists at the APS and the DoE, not secret government
agents. The methods they use include things like:
Ridicule in the mass media.
Publishing books attacking the research.
Rejecting papers without peer-review.
Reassigning distinguished scientists such as Miles to menial tasks,
and trying to fire Bockris.
.
Let's not forget suppression of patents, at least in the US. That
kills off industrial development and research investment within the
US, at least somewhat. Though probably instigated by pathological
skeptic academics, it is still an official governmental agency policy.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
