At 07:08 AM 10/22/2009, you wrote:
Steven,
The summary of your article provided by Michel Jullian (below) shows
the impression your style creates. You are not helping yourself or the
field by this approach. First of all, some of your facts are wrong.
Mckubre is not on the nominating committee and was involved because he
suggested, as the rules provide, giving the Medal to Dardik, which all
members of the committee supported. Discussions have been underway
about how to give a similar metal to Stan, but that involves the
cooperation of Stan. Your evaluation of the Larsen-Widom theory
reveals your complete lack of scientific understanding. The model, as
I have told you in the past and discussed publicly in several places,
is not consistent with any experimental fact about CF and has very
little relationship to general understanding. Apparently, such facts
have no meaning to you because you do not have the background to
understand them. This being the case, you should avoid discussing
scientific issues and do what you do best when you give interesting
information about what is happening to people in the field.
Ed
Hi Ed,
You were the first "cold fusion" scientist that was very gracious with me
and generous with your time. That was in February, 2002. I sincerely thank
you for helping me get introduced to the field, and in many ways, being a
mentor to me. But times have changed; your mentorship with me, as I have
decided, has long been over.
Your termination as an active employee from Lattice (Lew Larsen's company)
qualifies you as a disgruntled ex-employee and, at least in my book,
precludes you from being an objective critic of his idea.
I'm willing to be wrong about my assessment of the potential viability of
the Widom-Larsen theory; it may be right, wrong, or somewhere in between.
But I'm not going to put my head in the sand or dismiss it with prejudice
like some other people are doing.
I'm also willing to let time decide if, and to what extent, my instincts on
either the Widom-Larsen theory or other weak-interaction theories turn out
to be correct.
Best regards,
Steve
