Alain: If you want to post a message at 22passi explaining that I wrote that, and you feel like copying my message posted here, go ahead.
Bob Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: He was a fool. He told me he wanted a 100% market share. I said "you will >> end up with 100% of nothing." I was right. >> > > I think that description of Patterson is not as kind as Dennis described. > Patterson and Redding both told me they wanted a "100% market share" and they said they were delighted that other people did not believe the claims, because that reduced the chances of competition. I told them they were out of their minds. It was not a friendly exchange. > He may have been worried that with the Motorola deal, the way it was > structured, he wouldn't be setting his grandson up the way he wished. > He was not in a position to bargain, especially since he refused to make the experiment convincing and -- as it turned out -- he could not replicate it. He should have settled for something rather than nothing, or he should have shopped around for a better deal. > He took his secrets to the grave. >> > > That is not the way that I recall Dennis telling me. Dennis said that > Patterson was unable to replicate it himself after running out of his > supply of NASA microgravity plastic beads and running out of his original > plating solutions. > That's what I meant. He could not reproduce and he did not take steps to fix the problem. As far as I know, he didn't. Shortly before he died he told me, "I can make more of these beads anytime I want." . . .but was apparently unmotivated after the loss of his grandson, and > until his passing. > He was depressed, which is understandable. He turned down help from various people. I tried to make him see the larger issues, and the fact that this was important for reasons beyond his personal life. I told him that mankind desperately needs this discovery, and he should try to make it work for that reason. He did not see it that way. Very few cold fusion researchers do. It is always their baby, and their private hobby. Patterson was more interested in making investments than doing cold fusion as I recall. Les Case was similar. It is a mindset I cannot understand. - Jed
