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?
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
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
- 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
, 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
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
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
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
-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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
: 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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
PS? Postscript? Such things still exist?
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
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:
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
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.
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