2011/9/29 OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson <svj.orionwo...@gmail.com>: > Krivit strikes me as endeavoring to be a very good investigative > reporter.
I think that problem with Krivit is that he has lost the perspective to the story. Bubble fusion scandal was completely in different proportions to that what Rossi is doing, because Bubble fusion was big big Science Magazine science. And there was huge research grants and perhaps large scale replication attempts at stake. Instead what Rossi is doing; his "science" is self-published, there is only one self-financed replication attempt, he has not sought any public investor money nor research grants and we do not have any evidence that he has raised other money than his own. And what is more important, Rossi has nothing to do with science community, because he has zero credibility (outside Vortex). And Krivit started vicious ad hominem attacking against Rossi and Levi. By for what reason? What is Krivit's "evidence"? Rossi purposefully showed him a dummy E-Cat that does fool no one. And yet, Krivit thought that he has at hands an "evidence" against Rossi, so that it might be very good idea to write 200 page report on 20 minute demonstration. That is 20 pages for each minute of Krivit's "evidence". Rossi presented a "demonstration" that does not fool even a Junior high school science class student and presented "calculations" on a white board that where so filled with errors so, that it would return instant F for any Junior high school science exam. And it did not cross into Krivit's mind that perhaps, Rossi had some awkward motivation to present him a dummy demonstration? Perhaps he just wanted to return for skeptics needs, because they have been cried for "control experiment" with electricity only and here was their "control experiment" with electricity only. Exactly as they have asked for. It is just that Krivit made himself a fool. If Rossi will turn out to be right and thus will revolutionize the cold fusion field, Krivit would get all the fame and glory, because he is (was) perhaps one of the most resourceful cold fusion science journalists. Therefore everyone in the world would have listened whatever he has to say on cold fusion. Now things are more complex because he has tarnished his reputation with foolish ad hominem attacking. And if Rossi turn out to be scam artist, then so what? Rossi already had zero credibility anyway, so Krivit bashed Rossi with null gain. Therefore, no matter how this thing is going to turn out, Krivit has already made a fool himself. –Jouni
