Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest
The winners were announced. The top 3 essays seem pretty lame to me. http://fqxi.org/community/essay/winners/2014.1 On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest
All the 3 essays in which LENR was discussed were dpwn-rated in the first stage by using community rating. My essay http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2015 got 5.3 points, Kevin's and Jed's even less - the limit to enter the winning pool was 5.6. The method is open to alliances and arrangements, I rated it 80% honest and 20% dishonest. .OK, it is more than new energy in steering the world. The great winner is good essay I also rated it very high. The trend was to show the role of Education. We have to find other opportunities to promote LENR. Peter On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: The winners were announced. The top 3 essays seem pretty lame to me. http://fqxi.org/community/essay/winners/2014.1 On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest
Well, it looks like my essay was finally approved as well. They just wanted me to remove the commercial content. http://www.fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2024 KevinO On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:24 AM, Peter Gluck peter.gl...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Kevin, FQXI and its yearly contest have rather strict rules, inspired in part from the prize of the John Templeton Society. They ask for a more general answer not for authors coming with their pet subjects or ideas. In my essay I am also speaking about CF, actually Deeply Metamorphised Cold Fusion. I think we must accept than no bright theory will and no small scale lab experiment can trigger the rebirth of the field- just a working commercial process can save us. Peter On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.comwrote: As noted in a previous article, Jed Rothwell entered into an essay contest for the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi). I submitted my own Cold Fusion related essay, and didn't hear anything back from FQXi. Then Peter Gluck had his essay published, so I asked FQXi why mine was not published or declined. They say it is because of an objection being raised to the commercial content in it--specifically the promotion of techshop. Perhaps there is some other educational institution I could propose as a baseline minimum that would give people access to machine shop tools relatively quickly? thanks Kevin O -- Jed Rothwell's Essay: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 Peter Gluck's Essay http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2015 - How Should Humanity Steer the Future? With The LENR Techshop Y Prize Incentive Proposal My proposal is to set up a prize similar to the X Prize to reward and encourage Techshop (http://techshop.ws/) teams who replicate the recent Cold Fusion experiment at the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project wherein Gamma Rays were detected after an excess heat event. Let's call it the Y Prize. The Gamma Ray finding was replicated by Hans Biberian within 48 hours. Measuring Gamma Rays would be the smoking gun to prove that it is a nuclear process taking place within these cold fusion experiments. MFMP Report Detection of Unusual Gamma Rays [Updated: Biberian Replicates] http://www.e-catworld.com/2013/11/mfmp-report-detection-of-unusual-gamma-rays/ - What is the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project (MFMP)? In essence, they are a grassroots, open-source scientific group trying to replicate Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR). It is named after Martin Fleischmann because he was one of the 2 original electrochemists who found this anomalous heat effect in 1989, and he passed away recently. His partner, Dr. Pons, is still alive and could therefore still win a Nobel Prize. http://www.quantumheat.org/index.php/en/ If one simply follows their latest recipe, a LENR device can be built and tested by anyone who has the means. They are currently using a wire that Dr. Celani, a prominent LENR researcher, gave to them in furtherance of their effort. They also plan to test a NANOR device which Dr. Hagelstein at Massachussetts Institute of Technology helped to develop. - Why Techshop? http://techshop.ws/ They are the right people to encourage for a grass roots energy effort; and the interest in a Y Prize would help that worthy organization grow; if they can do it, almost anyone can do it and the generated excitement would turn the world upside down. Bootstrapping Techshop would help many other people who would like to do some kind of experiment on physics or simply to be creative. From their website, http://techshop.ws/ TechShop is a vibrant, creative community that provides access to tools, software and space. You can make virtually anything at TechShop. Come and build your dreams! TechShop is a playground for creativity. Part fabrication and prototyping studio, part hackerspace and part learning center, TechShop provides access to over $1 million worth of professional equipment and software. We offer comprehensive instruction and expert staff to ensure you have a safe, meaningful and rewarding experience. Most importantly, at TechShop you can explore the world of making in a collaborative and creative environment. It is not known whether Techshop really has the equipment and resources to support this kind of an effort. However, the excitement generated towards such a replication effort would encourage Techshops around the country to acquire such equipment, working with National Instruments and others. For instance,
Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest
Dear Kevin, FQXI and its yearly contest have rather strict rules, inspired in part from the prize of the John Templeton Society. They ask for a more general answer not for authors coming with their pet subjects or ideas. In my essay I am also speaking about CF, actually Deeply Metamorphised Cold Fusion. I think we must accept than no bright theory will and no small scale lab experiment can trigger the rebirth of the field- just a working commercial process can save us. Peter On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: As noted in a previous article, Jed Rothwell entered into an essay contest for the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi). I submitted my own Cold Fusion related essay, and didn't hear anything back from FQXi. Then Peter Gluck had his essay published, so I asked FQXi why mine was not published or declined. They say it is because of an objection being raised to the commercial content in it--specifically the promotion of techshop. Perhaps there is some other educational institution I could propose as a baseline minimum that would give people access to machine shop tools relatively quickly? thanks Kevin O -- Jed Rothwell's Essay: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 Peter Gluck's Essay http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2015 - How Should Humanity Steer the Future? With The LENR Techshop Y Prize Incentive Proposal My proposal is to set up a prize similar to the X Prize to reward and encourage Techshop (http://techshop.ws/) teams who replicate the recent Cold Fusion experiment at the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project wherein Gamma Rays were detected after an excess heat event. Let's call it the Y Prize. The Gamma Ray finding was replicated by Hans Biberian within 48 hours. Measuring Gamma Rays would be the smoking gun to prove that it is a nuclear process taking place within these cold fusion experiments. MFMP Report Detection of Unusual Gamma Rays [Updated: Biberian Replicates] http://www.e-catworld.com/2013/11/mfmp-report-detection-of-unusual-gamma-rays/ - What is the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project (MFMP)? In essence, they are a grassroots, open-source scientific group trying to replicate Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR). It is named after Martin Fleischmann because he was one of the 2 original electrochemists who found this anomalous heat effect in 1989, and he passed away recently. His partner, Dr. Pons, is still alive and could therefore still win a Nobel Prize. http://www.quantumheat.org/index.php/en/ If one simply follows their latest recipe, a LENR device can be built and tested by anyone who has the means. They are currently using a wire that Dr. Celani, a prominent LENR researcher, gave to them in furtherance of their effort. They also plan to test a NANOR device which Dr. Hagelstein at Massachussetts Institute of Technology helped to develop. - Why Techshop? http://techshop.ws/ They are the right people to encourage for a grass roots energy effort; and the interest in a Y Prize would help that worthy organization grow; if they can do it, almost anyone can do it and the generated excitement would turn the world upside down. Bootstrapping Techshop would help many other people who would like to do some kind of experiment on physics or simply to be creative. From their website, http://techshop.ws/ TechShop is a vibrant, creative community that provides access to tools, software and space. You can make virtually anything at TechShop. Come and build your dreams! TechShop is a playground for creativity. Part fabrication and prototyping studio, part hackerspace and part learning center, TechShop provides access to over $1 million worth of professional equipment and software. We offer comprehensive instruction and expert staff to ensure you have a safe, meaningful and rewarding experience. Most importantly, at TechShop you can explore the world of making in a collaborative and creative environment. It is not known whether Techshop really has the equipment and resources to support this kind of an effort. However, the excitement generated towards such a replication effort would encourage Techshops around the country to acquire such equipment, working with National Instruments and others. For instance, Burt Rutan did not have the equipment to build devices that could go into space. But the Ansari X Prize spurred on his creative juices, bootstrapping his effort and focusing his vision. I been a fan of his since high school, when he independently came
Fwd: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest
As noted in a previous article, Jed Rothwell entered into an essay contest for the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi). I submitted my own Cold Fusion related essay, and didn't hear anything back from FQXi. Then Peter Gluck had his essay published, so I asked FQXi why mine was not published or declined. They say it is because of an objection being raised to the commercial content in it--specifically the promotion of techshop. Perhaps there is some other educational institution I could propose as a baseline minimum that would give people access to machine shop tools relatively quickly? thanks Kevin O -- Jed Rothwell's Essay: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 Peter Gluck's Essay http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2015 - How Should Humanity Steer the Future? With The LENR Techshop Y Prize Incentive Proposal My proposal is to set up a prize similar to the X Prize to reward and encourage Techshop (http://techshop.ws/) teams who replicate the recent Cold Fusion experiment at the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project wherein Gamma Rays were detected after an excess heat event. Let's call it the Y Prize. The Gamma Ray finding was replicated by Hans Biberian within 48 hours. Measuring Gamma Rays would be the smoking gun to prove that it is a nuclear process taking place within these cold fusion experiments. MFMP Report Detection of Unusual Gamma Rays [Updated: Biberian Replicates] http://www.e-catworld.com/2013/11/mfmp-report-detection-of-unusual-gamma-rays/ - What is the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project (MFMP)? In essence, they are a grassroots, open-source scientific group trying to replicate Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR). It is named after Martin Fleischmann because he was one of the 2 original electrochemists who found this anomalous heat effect in 1989, and he passed away recently. His partner, Dr. Pons, is still alive and could therefore still win a Nobel Prize. http://www.quantumheat.org/index.php/en/ If one simply follows their latest recipe, a LENR device can be built and tested by anyone who has the means. They are currently using a wire that Dr. Celani, a prominent LENR researcher, gave to them in furtherance of their effort. They also plan to test a NANOR device which Dr. Hagelstein at Massachussetts Institute of Technology helped to develop. - Why Techshop? http://techshop.ws/ They are the right people to encourage for a grass roots energy effort; and the interest in a Y Prize would help that worthy organization grow; if they can do it, almost anyone can do it and the generated excitement would turn the world upside down. Bootstrapping Techshop would help many other people who would like to do some kind of experiment on physics or simply to be creative. From their website, http://techshop.ws/ TechShop is a vibrant, creative community that provides access to tools, software and space. You can make virtually anything at TechShop. Come and build your dreams! TechShop is a playground for creativity. Part fabrication and prototyping studio, part hackerspace and part learning center, TechShop provides access to over $1 million worth of professional equipment and software. We offer comprehensive instruction and expert staff to ensure you have a safe, meaningful and rewarding experience. Most importantly, at TechShop you can explore the world of making in a collaborative and creative environment. It is not known whether Techshop really has the equipment and resources to support this kind of an effort. However, the excitement generated towards such a replication effort would encourage Techshops around the country to acquire such equipment, working with National Instruments and others. For instance, Burt Rutan did not have the equipment to build devices that could go into space. But the Ansari X Prize spurred on his creative juices, bootstrapping his effort and focusing his vision. I been a fan of his since high school, when he independently came out with the VariEZ canard airplane. If an Italian High School Teacher (Hugo Abundo) could build a LENR device, then TechShop could. And I think National Instruments (NI) would help. NI has supported cold fusion research for years, offering LabView software free to all researchers in the field. Perhaps they are eager to sell their measurement devices into this market space the way Levi wanted to sell Jeans to miners in California in 1849 and Apple wanted to get kids hooked on computers at school. But it does not matter - they are eager to help.
Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest
My essay seems to have disappeared. I do not find it at this link: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 Is it just me, or have other people lost it?
Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest
I don't see it eiither On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: My essay seems to have disappeared. I do not find it at this link: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 Is it just me, or have other people lost it?
Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest
Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: I don't see it eiither Please tell this person: *Kavita Rajanna* Managing Director m...@fqxi.org There is no phone number. I have a feeling they pulled it intentionally. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest
- Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 6:52 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest My essay seems to have disappeared. I do not find it at this link: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 Is it just me, or have other people lost it?
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Jed-- It had a lot of support compared to other essays. Thus, its missing from the web page. Seems like the contest is rigged, since it contrasted so much with the vote of the fqxi community whose choice was way down in the public vote. I still got to vote based on what I read yesterday, when it was still being posted on fqxi.org. Bob - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 6:52 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest My essay seems to have disappeared. I do not find it at this link: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 Is it just me, or have other people lost it?
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Jed, I can't find it at that location either. It would be in bad form for them to remove it from the contest just because it was winning. Perhaps it has been moved and will reappear. Dave -Original Message- From: Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:35 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest Jed-- It had a lot of support compared to other essays. Thus, its missing from the web page. Seems like the contest is rigged, since it contrasted so much with the vote of the fqxi community whose choice was way down in the public vote. I still got to vote based on what I read yesterday, when it was still being posted on fqxi.org. Bob - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 6:52 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest My essay seems to have disappeared. I do not find it at this link: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 Is it just me, or have other people lost it?
Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest
Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: Seems like the contest is rigged, since it contrasted so much with the vote of the fqxi community . . . If it is rigged, you would think they would pull the entire essay page and delete it from the index. This seems more like a glitch. The whole page disappeared momentarily, then returned in this state, with the abstract, bio and link missing. Yesterday someone uploaded a comment which later disappeared. - Jed
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Jed I thought the same thing, You can see what I wrote to fqxi. If it were a glitch they should send me a copy. Bob - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: Seems like the contest is rigged, since it contrasted so much with the vote of the fqxi community . . . If it is rigged, you would think they would pull the entire essay page and delete it from the index. This seems more like a glitch. The whole page disappeared momentarily, then returned in this state, with the abstract, bio and link missing. Yesterday someone uploaded a comment which later disappeared. - Jed
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Jed, I hope that they did not deep 6 you after all of the excellent work you did. You said this may happen. If they did, you can send it somewhere else. They are looking for papers like that in Scotland but its a bit to far to travel to. I sent you a note on this also. Frank -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:50 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: Seems like the contest is rigged, since it contrasted so much with the vote of the fqxi community . . . If it is rigged, you would think they would pull the entire essay page and delete it from the index. This seems more like a glitch. The whole page disappeared momentarily, then returned in this state, with the abstract, bio and link missing. Yesterday someone uploaded a comment which later disappeared. - Jed
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It's back up. Probably just a glitch. http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: I don't see it eiither On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: My essay seems to have disappeared. I do not find it at this link: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 Is it just me, or have other people lost it?
Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest
http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 It's there and leaving the competition behind! Commenter Joe Fisher show how much confusion raises when nuclear appears inside a text... 2014-03-14 16:17 GMT+01:00 fznidar...@aol.com: Jed, I hope that they did not deep 6 you after all of the excellent work you did. You said this may happen. If they did, you can send it somewhere else. They are looking for papers like that in Scotland but its a bit to far to travel to. I sent you a note on this also. Frank -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:50 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: Seems like the contest is rigged, since it contrasted so much with the vote of the fqxi community . . . If it is rigged, you would think they would pull the entire essay page and delete it from the index. This seems more like a glitch. The whole page disappeared momentarily, then returned in this state, with the abstract, bio and link missing. Yesterday someone uploaded a comment which later disappeared. - Jed
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It's there and leaving the competition behind! Go Jed! -Original Message- From: Michele Comitini michele.comit...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Mar 14, 2014 1:55 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 It's there and leaving the competition behind! Commenter Joe Fisher show how much confusion raises when nuclear appears inside a text... 2014-03-14 16:17 GMT+01:00 fznidar...@aol.com: Jed, I hope that they did not deep 6 you after all of the excellent work you did. You said this may happen. If they did, you can send it somewhere else. They are looking for papers like that in Scotland but its a bit to far to travel to. I sent you a note on this also. Frank -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Mar 14, 2014 10:50 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest Bob Cook frobertc...@hotmail.com wrote: Seems like the contest is rigged, since it contrasted so much with the vote of the fqxi community . . . If it is rigged, you would think they would pull the entire essay page and delete it from the index. This seems more like a glitch. The whole page disappeared momentarily, then returned in this state, with the abstract, bio and link missing. Yesterday someone uploaded a comment which later disappeared. - Jed
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It is back to normal. It was a temporary glitch. They sent me a note saying oops, sorry. Michele Comitini michele.comit...@gmail.com wrote: It's there and leaving the competition behind! That's thanks to my clique. - Jed
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You probably caused too much excitement for their servers to handle. Your article is far better than the others. There are some goofy thinkers. On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: It is back to normal. It was a temporary glitch. They sent me a note saying oops, sorry. Michele Comitini michele.comit...@gmail.com wrote: It's there and leaving the competition behind! That's thanks to my clique. - Jed
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You're featured at Cold Fusion Now http://coldfusionnow.org/read-and-rate-cold-fusion-may-have-revolutionary-potential-by-jed-rothwell/ On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: It is back to normal. It was a temporary glitch. They sent me a note saying oops, sorry. Michele Comitini michele.comit...@gmail.com wrote: It's there and leaving the competition behind! That's thanks to my clique. - Jed
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Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: You're featured at Cold Fusion Now http://coldfusionnow.org/read-and-rate-cold-fusion-may-have-revolutionary-potential-by-jed-rothwell/ Another clique! This appears to be against the rules: FQXi expects those providing community evaluations to do so based solely on the quality of the essay assessed. Voting collusion or bartering, mass down-voting, and other such forms of 'voter fraud' will not be tolerated, and participants in such will have (all) their votes discarded or in extreme cases their essays disqualified. Entrants should alert FQXi with information if they witness such activities. - Jed
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Entrants should alert FQXi with information if they witness such activities. ***Then you should probably alert them, to keep your effort above the noise of suspicion. On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comwrote: Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: You're featured at Cold Fusion Now http://coldfusionnow.org/read-and-rate-cold-fusion-may-have-revolutionary-potential-by-jed-rothwell/ Another clique! This appears to be against the rules: FQXi expects those providing community evaluations to do so based solely on the quality of the essay assessed. Voting collusion or bartering, mass down-voting, and other such forms of 'voter fraud' will not be tolerated, and participants in such will have (all) their votes discarded or in extreme cases their essays disqualified. Entrants should alert FQXi with information if they witness such activities. - Jed
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Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: Entrants should alert FQXi with information if they witness such activities. ***Then you should probably alert them, to keep your effort above the noise of suspicion. I don't take this contest seriously. My entry will be instantly tossed out by the judges from *Scientific American*, probably before they finish the first paragraph. It would be fun to see them read page 6, where I make them look like fools. I couldn't resist! I figured, let's let the bastards know we are still here. - Jed
[Vo]:FQXi essay contest
Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
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Great essay Jed! I hope everyone takes time to read it. Trust me, it is short and to the point. Dave -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:32 am Subject: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
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Jed-- I echo Dave's comment. A follow up on different government actions around the World would be interesting as well--some supportive of Lenr RD, some not so--and reasons for their actions. Bob Cook - Original Message - From: David Roberson To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest Great essay Jed! I hope everyone takes time to read it. Trust me, it is short and to the point. Dave -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 9:32 am Subject: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
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Jed, I thought your essay was excellent and have forwarded it to a number of people. My memory tells me the anomalous power found by the Elforsk team was higher than the 578 Watts you quote. I will have to look it up. Adrian Ashfield
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One of the tragic miscalculations made by spokespersons who attempt to explain 'COLD FUSION' is the subconscious connection that they make between current fusion/fission nuclear based technology and cold fusion. In fact there is no connection. This unfortunate connection between cold fusion and the nuclear industry was mistakenly made very early on and has become a tradition in the cold fusion community. When addressing an audience with no background in cold fusion, it might be best to decuple this technology conceptually from conventional nuclear energy. With this wisdom in mind, Defkalion has again changed the name of their reaction from Heat Energy from Nuclei Interactions To Heat Energy from Nanoplasmonics/Nanoexplosions Interactions The name of our technology should have no links to existing scientific meme to confuse the great unwashed masses being exposed to it for the first time. This inaccurate meme connection through the words we use is unnecessarily counterproductive from a propaganda and product positioning standpoint. Our collective interests might be better served if we conform to the naming conventions that DGT is using whatever it is currently is since Rossi lives in his own anti social world. Low energy Nanoplasmonic reaction LENR might be good to use also. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
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What is gained by lying and then using a description that has no relationship to reality? LENR is a nuclear process. It might or it might not have any relationship to plasmonic reactions. The people who make decisions about what to fund are not children and they are not part of the unwashed masses. Playing games with words will not work. It just makes us look dishonest and confused. Ed Storms On Mar 13, 2014, at 10:30 AM, Axil Axil wrote: One of the tragic miscalculations made by spokespersons who attempt to explain ‘COLD FUSION’ is the subconscious connection that they make between current fusion/fission nuclear based technology and cold fusion. In fact there is no connection. This unfortunate connection between cold fusion and the nuclear industry was mistakenly made very early on and has become a tradition in the cold fusion community. When addressing an audience with no background in cold fusion, it might be best to decuple this technology conceptually from conventional nuclear energy. With this wisdom in mind, Defkalion has again changed the name of their reaction from Heat Energy from Nuclei Interactions To Heat Energy from Nanoplasmonics/Nanoexplosions Interactions The name of our technology should have no links to existing scientific meme to confuse the great unwashed masses being exposed to it for the first time. This inaccurate meme connection through the words we use is unnecessarily counterproductive from a propaganda and product positioning standpoint. Our collective interests might be better served if we conform to the naming conventions that DGT is using whatever it is currently is since Rossi lives in his own anti social world. Low energy Nanoplasmonic reaction LENR might be good to use also. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
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Cold fusion does not produce carbon dioxide or any other chemical product, so it would eliminate the source of global warming. Should read Cold fusion does not produce carbon dioxide or any other chemical product, so it would eliminate the source both water pollution and global warming. Furthermore, it uses no nuclear active substances and produces no unstable nuclear byproducts that we usually call nuclear waste. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
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Jed, I agree with David at al. Great essay. Like most that it is presenting the possibilities while discussing the 'baggage' (1989) and the current obstacles less. I hope you win:) Best Regards , Lennart Thornros www.StrategicLeadershipSac.com lenn...@thornros.com +1 916 436 1899 6140 Horseshoe Bar Road Suite G, Loomis CA 95650 Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. PJM On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
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Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote: What is gained by lying and then using a description that has no relationship to reality? LENR is a nuclear process. It might or it might not have any relationship to plasmonic reactions. The people who make decisions about what to fund are not children . . . I agree. Plus, cold fusion might produce tritium or other radioactive products, so it may actually have some problems with safety and disposal. On the other hand, Axil has a point when he says the public is frighted by nuclear power, and the association will be a problem. Someone responded to my essay with this comment: All technology is destructive of natural resources. An overwhelming amount of radio-active material would come into existence long before one of your fission power stations could be brought on line. This person did not read the essay carefully and does not understand the difference between fission and fusion. Anyway, we will have to deal with people like him, who react in this fashion. - Jed
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Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: Cold fusion does not produce carbon dioxide or any other chemical product, so it would eliminate the source of global warming. Should read Cold fusion does not produce carbon dioxide . . . The essay is limited to 9 pages plus 2 pages of references. I could not say much. In an essay of this nature, it is a good idea to boil things down and keep the number of pages low. People will not read it otherwise. It is good to be succinct. - Jed
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.comwrote: What is gained by lying and then using a description that has no relationship to reality? LENR is a nuclear process. LENR may be a vacuum energy based process which produce reaction products similar to neutron mediated nuclear processes. Similar reaction product production does not imply that these two processes are the same thing causatively. It might or it might not have any relationship to plasmonic reactions. This is true, but only plasmonic reaction based processes will be viable in marketplace. We should discount the other marginal reactions and concentrate on the most robust reaction mechanism. Any reaction that produces tritium is not consistent with JED's write-up and is commercially and practically a non-starter. The NiH nanoplasmonic reaction does not produce tritium. This propensity to produce tritium is another reason to discard the other useless reactions. The people who make decisions about what to fund are not children and they are not part of the unwashed masses. This is why the real cause of LENR must be recognized and not have incomplete theory confuse decision makers. Playing games with words will not work. It just makes us look dishonest and confused. Understanding the fundamental cause of LENR is honest and using words that properly describe LENR fundamental is wise.
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Ed and Axil-- Funding for RD comes from one source and funds for commercial sales comes from the masses. Cold Fusion was a term that Jones used before PF used it to describe their results. Apparently they thought it was a reasonably accurate term. I tend to agree with the original term. It might make more sense however, if funding is a driver of the semantics, to come up with something from mythology or at least get some religious overtone into the appropriate term--maybe miraculously friendly cold fusion--MFCF. That way a big group of religious believers may give their approval. Bob - Original Message - From: Edmund Storms To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest What is gained by lying and then using a description that has no relationship to reality? LENR is a nuclear process. It might or it might not have any relationship to plasmonic reactions. The people who make decisions about what to fund are not children and they are not part of the unwashed masses. Playing games with words will not work. It just makes us look dishonest and confused. Ed Storms On Mar 13, 2014, at 10:30 AM, Axil Axil wrote: One of the tragic miscalculations made by spokespersons who attempt to explain ‘COLD FUSION’ is the subconscious connection that they make between current fusion/fission nuclear based technology and cold fusion. In fact there is no connection. This unfortunate connection between cold fusion and the nuclear industry was mistakenly made very early on and has become a tradition in the cold fusion community. When addressing an audience with no background in cold fusion, it might be best to decuple this technology conceptually from conventional nuclear energy. With this wisdom in mind, Defkalion has again changed the name of their reaction from Heat Energy from Nuclei Interactions To Heat Energy from Nanoplasmonics/Nanoexplosions Interactions The name of our technology should have no links to existing scientific meme to confuse the great unwashed masses being exposed to it for the first time. This inaccurate meme connection through the words we use is unnecessarily counterproductive from a propaganda and product positioning standpoint. Our collective interests might be better served if we conform to the naming conventions that DGT is using whatever it is currently is since Rossi lives in his own anti social world. Low energy Nanoplasmonic reaction LENR might be good to use also. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
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I like Low Energy nanoplasmonic reaction.. no need to change the acronym and decouples nicely from fusion [and gives those of us with ZPE perspectives a toehold ] From: Axil Axil [mailto:janap...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:31 PM To: vortex-l Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:FQXi essay contest One of the tragic miscalculations made by spokespersons who attempt to explain 'COLD FUSION' is the subconscious connection that they make between current fusion/fission nuclear based technology and cold fusion. In fact there is no connection. This unfortunate connection between cold fusion and the nuclear industry was mistakenly made very early on and has become a tradition in the cold fusion community. When addressing an audience with no background in cold fusion, it might be best to decuple this technology conceptually from conventional nuclear energy. With this wisdom in mind, Defkalion has again changed the name of their reaction from Heat Energy from Nuclei Interactions To Heat Energy from Nanoplasmonics/Nanoexplosions Interactions The name of our technology should have no links to existing scientific meme to confuse the great unwashed masses being exposed to it for the first time. This inaccurate meme connection through the words we use is unnecessarily counterproductive from a propaganda and product positioning standpoint. Our collective interests might be better served if we conform to the naming conventions that DGT is using whatever it is currently is since Rossi lives in his own anti social world. Low energy Nanoplasmonic reaction LENR might be good to use also. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.commailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
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I would advise changing the wording of this section From: Cold fusion would enhance energy intensive, automated, advanced recycling techniques. One such technique is to mix waste materials with molten steel in a sealed container. Most of the waste is converted into useful raw material. None of it escapes into the environment. This has been developed but it is uneconomical, partly because of the high cost of energy. It could be used to safely recycle toxic chemical waste from superfundsites. Eventually, it could eliminate most landfills. To: LENR can eliminate mixed waste materials through the process of both molecular and atomic rearmament. Value added raw materials like rare earths and precious metals can be transmuted from common waste streams. Note: The word count was cut in half. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: Cold fusion does not produce carbon dioxide or any other chemical product, so it would eliminate the source of global warming. Should read Cold fusion does not produce carbon dioxide . . . The essay is limited to 9 pages plus 2 pages of references. I could not say much. In an essay of this nature, it is a good idea to boil things down and keep the number of pages low. People will not read it otherwise. It is good to be succinct. - Jed
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Excellent essay, Jed. All of us vorts should log in and rate it, give it a leg up. http://fqxi.org/community/forum/category/31422 On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
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Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: I would advise changing the wording of this section . . . Actually, I do not think I can change it. There is no procedure for that. This is not going to win any prizes so it is not important. The judges from Scientific American will glance at the title and dismiss it. I expect they will never even read the part where I take them to task. - Jed
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Yes, winning a prize will not happen, but the writeup is public and can be inspected by all and sundry. You can never tell what strange processes that the writeup will activate in the mind of an influential party. Such a writeup should be improved over time and used a raw material or boilerplate for other public discourse opportunities. The document should be made as fine as possible so that its future use be it either in full or in part be it by you or someone else should be made as effective as possible to advance the prospects for LENR now and into the future. The comments and criticism that we impose on each other here at vortex most often lead us to a better place and prepare us for the future coming public discourse. Here in these most friendly confines, its the ideas that are ravaged not the originators of those ideas. We all hold the upmost respect and admiration for this period of protected spring training to prepare us for the regular season that is so very close at hand. We all swing and miss or get blasted over the center field wall. But it is all done within the warm and friendly confines of the same team. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: I would advise changing the wording of this section . . . Actually, I do not think I can change it. There is no procedure for that. This is not going to win any prizes so it is not important. The judges from Scientific American will glance at the title and dismiss it. I expect they will never even read the part where I take them to task. - Jed
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Jed wrote: | I submitted an essay. Here it is: | | http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 FYI (minor concern): If anyone tries to PRINT Jed’s PDF in this referenced link and has an old PS Printer, Page 7 might give you an “invalidfont” problem. This is mainly due to an issue with older PS Interpreters (Level 3, but circa 2002ish). Instead of placing a link here to a modified version of the PDF, I would be happy to E-Mail Jed the PDF for distribution so that he may keep track of how widespread this issue might be. I get around the problem by isolating Page 7, creating PS Level 2 Code, then distilling the PS for the page back to a PDF. I then recreate a modified PDF by replacing Page 7. This results in a slightly larger PDF (141 KB). There are many other ways to work around the issue, but I find that this is the best way to do it. ... There are very few practical ways to avoid the issue at the creation level, short of avoiding special fonts and changing the “look” of the document, but I would be happy to elaborate further on the problem if anyone is interested. - Mark Jurich
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PS? Postscript? Such things still exist?
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Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: PS? Postscript? Such things still exist? Gad. Maybe they did some sort of conversion to PS and then back to Acrobat. The file size is the same as the one I submitted . . . Anyway, I just now tried printing p. 7 on line and in a copy I downloaded. I had no trouble. - Jed
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Jed: I liked your essay so much that I submitted my own. Basically a rehash of the LENR X Prize Proposal. I don't write as well as you, so you will likely have a much higher chance of winning. best regards Kevin O On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Znidarsic suggested I enter this essay contest: How Should Humanity Steer the Future? http://fqxi.org/community/essay Unfortunately, the contest judges are the editors of the Scientific American. I decided I might as well let them know we are still here, so I submitted an essay pointing out their ignorance. Here it is: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 - Jed
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The other essays are far out: http://fqxi.org/community/forum/category/31422 This reminds me of the time I wandered into at DragonCon convention wearing a suit and tie. - Jed
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com This reminds me of the time I wandered into at DragonCon convention wearing a suit and tie. You could have been Clark Kent.
