Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: I think the more suitable analogy is to Heart of Darkness. We are Marlow, > and Rossi is Kurtz. >
That works too. What I find mystifying about Rossi and Russ George alike is that they do not need to exaggerate. They have both made important contributions. Okay, I cannot be certain about Rossi, but George has. He has plenty to be proud of, but he mars his own reputation by taking credit for other people's work and by exaggerating his own contribution. Take Rossi and Ampenergo. He announced that a major corporation was investing in his work. He kept the name secret for a while, and then revealed it with high drama. It turned out to be Ampenergo, which is not a major corporation. It is a start-up. So Rossi made himself look like a liar and a fool claiming it was big company. The thing is, his actions made no sense. There was no benefit to saying it was big corporation. Everyone discovered the truth about them as soon as he revealed their identity. More to the point, Ampenergo is an impressive start-up. It has good people, with loads of credibility and experience. Any researcher would be pleased to be associated with them. So why did he make false claims about them?!? Imagine a British scientist becomes an FRS and then lies about it, claiming he has a Nobel Prize instead. Anyone can look up Nobel laureates and see he isn't on the list. He is not fooling anyone. He makes a legitimate accomplishment look doubtful. There is no advantage whatever. This is odd behavior. - Jed
