On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:
Cude wrote:
That's nonsense. It's the believers who are forever using tritium and
neutrons at ridiculously low levels to prove PF were right.
[...]
No one says that tritium proves that PF's claims of excess heat is
Walker wrote:
Yes, definitely -- conflation is a critical mistake, but it is most
likely to occur when it is convenient for one's position. Throw perpetual
motion machines, homeopathy, polywater and cold fusion all into the same
category. It does not matter that there appear to be basic
Rothwell wrote: Cude and others conflate many different assertions and
issues. They stir everything into one pot. You have to learn to
compartmentalize with cold fusion, or with any new phenomenon or poorly
understood subject.
That's nonsense. It's the believers who are forever using tritium
Sidenote:
I'm reminded of one of the great one-liners (and I believe it was uttered
by someone on this list if I;m not mistaken:
The difference between connecting the dots and conflation is spin
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote:
Rothwell wrote: Cude
Cude wrote:
That's nonsense. It's the believers who are forever using tritium and
neutrons at ridiculously low levels to prove PF were right.
You just conflated two unrelated things!
No one says that tritium proves that PF's claims of excess heat is
correct. Tritium cannot prove that
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote:
There are differences of course. Identical analogies serve no purpose.
I think they're the most powerful. :)
I assume we all agree that homeopathy and polywater and perpetual motion
are bogus. And so when someone
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