Human nature demands that you believe the guy who states exactly what you want to believe.
Gamberale gives Jed a warm feeling. On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote: > > "I called Alexander Xanthoulis and asked for a comment. He didn’t dispute >> the result of the report but pointed out that the calorimetric set-up at >> the Milan demo was not made by Defkalion but by Mose. Gamberale confirmed >> this but explained that the set-up was made according to strict >> instructions from Defkalion, and that when Mose added some component, such >> as another independent flow meter or another method for measuring thermal >> heat output, these additional components were immediately removed by >> Defkalion personnel without discussions." >> >> If they are not swindlers . . . then for some reason they are trying to >> make themselves look like swindlers, when they do things like this. >> > > As has been mentioned, we don't know much about Gamberale. I recall that > his conclusion about the flow meter was validated by others you know. But > I haven't heard about validation of all of his statements, especially the > ones concerning his being made to do this or that. We have two different > accounts that conflict in spirit, one in which Xanthoulis says that > Gamberale decided how to do the measurements, and one in which Gamberale > says that Defkalion decided how to do the measurements. > > To be sure, even with what has been substantiated, the situation is an > embarrassing one for Defkalion. But I am not persuaded one way or the > other that Gamberale's account is not an exaggerated or misleading one in > some details. It would be nice to know more about him or to have > third-party verification of some of the other things he's saying. > > Eric > >
