On another heretical subject, I know a scientist that clearly state at the end of a conference that he refused to ask his students to help him, because it could ruin their career... and the job was only statistical.
any real-life scientist claiming that you can work on cold fusion without ruining your career is... LYING. you can state that some may dare , by ambition, by stubbornes, by resilience, by honesty... in fact it happens, and it is LENR scientist... like Ed, Duncan, Miley, Takahashi, Celani, Piantelli, DeNinno, Mosier Boss... of course as soon as those normal scientist work on LENR they became fringe. It is well described by Benabou model. so clear, so evident, that ... pfff... I'm tired by so much lack of honesty with so long education. It remind me finance. 2013/5/8 Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> > Eugen Leitl <eu...@leitl.org> wrote: > > >> Established researchers with plenty to lose but little to gain, >> almost certainly. >> >> Any PhD or postdoc would latch upon most desperate case if >> she sensed a chance to make her bones on it. >> > > That is not true in the real world. I know many professors and grad > students who wanted to study cold fusion. They could not. Several grad > students tried and had their academic careers abruptly terminated. > > There is not the slightest chance a grad student would get funding or be > allowed to publish a paper. > > Just about any academic scientist in the U.S. tries to study cold fusion, > or even talks about it, will be purged. I mean thrown out. Even people such > as Bockris who had tenure were almost thrown out. > > - Jed > >
