At 08:54 AM 11/11/2011, Mary Yugo wrote:
To sum up, the problem with Rossi's story is that there are too many
things that don't hang together. The short runs,
Lewan called the end of the first self-sustaining experiment. Oct 6
was also done to a timetable, allowing for weighing at the beginning
and disassembly at the end.
Both Levi and Lewan were given a second-shot at testing.
the lack of independent verification, the poor measurement
methodology and record keeping,
With the possible exception of the Oct 6 run, all of the
investigators (not Krivit -- that was a demonstration) were allowed
to bring their own equipment. eg Bolgna brought their own. Lewan
brought his own calibrated thermocouples.
For Oct 6, Hand-made thermocouples can be tricky to set up
http://www.phase-technologies.com/html/vol._6_no._7.html
http://www.capgo.com/Resources/Temperature/Thermocouple/Thermocouple.html
http://www.omega.com/temperature/z/pdf/z021-032.pdf
so Rossi made sure they worked to his satisfaction, wrapped them in
insulation, and then unwrapped everything at the end ... and allowed
Lewan to do an ice-calibration of the thermocouples (which failed.).
None of those failures are specifically Rossi's fault.
You then have to believe that the experimenters were independent, but
not very good. Or you have to buy into Krivit's Krusade, that they
are all in collusion.
(I've had enough email exchanges with Lewan to trust him. Ditto with
my "secret observer" on Oct 6)
and most of all the mysterious last experiment/test/demo where none
of the visitors was allowed to see anything at all to verify that
the device operated as claimed. That's pretty amazing. Why were
they there again?
Rossi first promised people they could come and witness the demo when
it was to be done at Defkalion. Then again, when he though it would
be in the US. When he finally got a "top secret" customer he was in
a bind: he didn't want to break his promises, and they didn't want it
shown at all.
So they arrived at a compromise.
