At 09:35 PM 11/25/2009, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
I think this article deserves a closer look. It relies heavily on
Simon, a very good source.
I loath Simon's book. Hate it, hate it, hate it! He looks at
people's opinions and counts papers instead of evaluating calorimetry.
Simon is a *sociologist,* Jed, not a chemist or physicist. Opinions
(especially collective opinions) and process are what the book is
about, not "cold fusion." Or calorimetry.
Meta-analyses are mostly bunk, and they are complete bunk when the
experimental evidence itself is clear cut, and in some cases a
single experiment produces definitive, stand alone proof. Simon
reminds me of Lord Dorwin in Foundation [...]
You expect Simon to be about a different topic.
The people who criticize the press conference are hypocritical or ignorant.
Hmmphhh! Hope you had a good Thanksgiving, Jed.
Is it your position, Jed, that the press conference was beyond any
reproach? Not a mistake? Leave aside for the moment whose mistake it
might have been, I haven't accused Fleischmann or Pons of anything.
