Mark Iverson <zeropo...@charter.net> wrote:
> It wouldn't doubt it if Rossi has been working tirelessly, 16 hour days or > more, for 6 months straight or longer... is there any doubt that he might > tend to make more than the usual number of errors in his recollections, and > mistakes when writing/reviewing patents and such. > He drafted that patent years ago. He is a genius in many ways, but sloppy about details, such as the name of his advisor. Being sloppy is not the worst thing in the world. It is a little unusual for an engineer. It just means you have someone else design the safety system and do the isotope analysis. The same personality trait which shows up as sloppiness is also what makes him say "low level heat is useless! Forget about anything less than a kilowatt!" He does not want to fool around with difficult-to-measure reactions that are only of scientific interest. I like that. Peter Gluck loves that! He has been saying that for years. I sympathize with the researchers who have been working with 50 mW reactions for years, at the ENEA and elsewhere. It wasn't as if they wanted such small reactions. The were hoping to learn more and then scale up. They might have succeeded eventually. They learned a lot, and their knowledge may still be of use. I hope they get lots of funding. We need bold people like Rossi, and careful people too. All the speculations are a distraction until there is a reasonable amount of > supporting evidence, circumstantial or direct. > I think there is already enough supporting evidence. I have no doubt Essen and Kullander are right. We do not need to rely on Rossi's judgement or techniques. It would be inappropriate to do so. E&K provided an independent evaluation, which is the next best thing to an independent replication. The whole point was to avoid depending on Rossi. - Jed
