>From Daniel:
>Talk to my hand! I now offer some extended pontifications, at the expense of others: . . . This is for Daniel: Claiming that Jed has behaved in a "childish" manner - see: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg102587.html or that some of Jed's actions reveal a character flaw of parsimony, i.e.: "...vanity over a couple of dollars" - see https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg102597.html Do you really believe you are an authority in interpreting Jed's alleged behavior? Ask yourself, do you really believe others on this list believe you are? IMHO, all this ends up doing is backfiring and reflecting far more of a display of your own temperament as compared to displaying someone else's list of dirty laundry. Perhaps this would be a useful time to engage in some self-reflection. I would ask myself: Why did Jed's perceived actions or behavior end up bothering me so much that I had to label some of his behavior as "childish"? Whoa! Where did that come from! I suspect what's really bugging you about Jed actually has very little to do with Jed. I would look elsewhere for the real answers. Be forewarned. I have found the practice of engaging in self-reflection to be quite uncomfortable at times... but worth it. I try to take my own medicine at heart. Some might have noticed I haven't had much to pontificate on this list for quite some time now. For the record, I retired last December. These days I finally have the luxury to engage in a lot of self-reflection combined with a healthy dose of self-education. It's going to take a while before I feel like I'll have something worth saying about the mysteries of Nature. My 30+ year obsession with the mysterious architecture of Orbital Mechanics has not waned. It has actually grown stronger. There is much to assemble there. But for now, I'm taking refresher courses in subjects like Calculus: http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/mathematics/understanding-calculus-problems-solutions-and-tips.html http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/mathematics/understanding-multivariable-calculus-problems-solutions-and-tips.html http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/mathematics/mastering-differential-equations-the-visual-method.html In your line of profession I suspect you already know much of this by heart. As for me... quite uncomfortable at times, but worth it. ;-) . . . And this is for Axel: Please correct me if I am wrong on this point, but have you engaged in assembling experimental work yourself? I have no idea if your personal theories concerning the nature LENR are accurate or not. I've noticed you have been incredibly prolific for some time now in Vortex-l championing your personal perceptions of how you believe LENR should work. I realize some on this list believe you may be on the right track, and maybe you are. Meanwhile, I realize others, like Ed Storms, have expressed some doubt. Since Storms has actually engaged in accumulating a massive amount of experimental evidence it would be unwise of me to simply dismiss his conclusions or his knowledge base because the evidence might suggest a different conclusion. That said, I realize I'm not in a position to pass judgement on your theoretical conclusions. All I can offer... perhaps more in the form of personal wisdom... is the fact that in the past I myself have been guilty of engaging in the constant care and feeding of personal pet theories. Some of them were even backed by what I believed were impressive software simulations that seemed to back some of my suspicions. Eventually, I learned the painful but incredibly valuable lesson that engaging in the accumulation of proof by what I later realized was through circuitous means is folly. In the end, as we all know, experimental evidence trumps anyone's constructed theory or belief system - and Nature plays no favorites. It seems to me that if you can back up your claims with experimental evidence that you have personally assembled may prove your assumptions, and for which others can then independently verify, I personally would think you'd have more of a leg to stand on. But for now, I can't afford to invest my time and energy in what strikes me as another person's elaborate construct. I freely confess, it hits to close to home, and that's my issue than yours. I have found it to be a full-time job tending to my own "pet" theories and belief systems in a never ending task of weeding out the ones (the weeds) that are in conflict with what Nature has patiently been trying to reveal to me all along. Only time will tell me if it was a wise decision on my part to, at present, not take your conclusions as seriously as you take your conclusions. The TAO knows, I have been wrong in the past. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson svjart.orionworks.com zazzle.com/orionworks
