-----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton > From your description, I wouldn't be surprised if Rossi has Asperger's Syndrome.
Nikola Tesla had Asperger's, no ? Hmm... the movie to avoid, if you want to believe Rossi is more idiot savant and less Uri Geller - is "The Prestige". Another Christopher Nolan gem and one the few films with Nikola in the plot. There is a poignant quote near the first, when one of the magicians is giving advice to a precocious child, who wants to know how the trick is performed: "You really don't want to know. The 'secret' impresses no one. The 'trick' that you use it for is everything." That may not mean much taken out of the context of a squashed canary. But there could be a really sophisticated trick involved in the Bologna demo - much more so than anyone has thought of. At least this cannot be ruled out. The trick could be so sophisticated that it may seem of great value but it has a hidden downside. The burst of radiation, witnessed by Celani, could be a clue. The idea that it was cosmic rays is preposterous. Let's assume the worst. For instance, it could have been a directed beam from a basement below the demo - of superradiant RF frequencies that act in a novel way stimulates a reaction. The question then becomes "why not then promote that trick for its own right instead of making it into a scam"? And perhaps there is a good answer to that, which only Rossi knows for now. Or maybe it is part of his madness. BTW - even though this movie pays homage to Tesla, one cannot escape the conclusion that Rossi could be little more than a very clever magician ... ... or else, Tesla's creative equivalent... somehow connected at a higher level. Jones
