Yes, and Rossi is not a spring chicken, attesting to the creativity and productivity of people with several years of experience under their belt.
On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 1:17 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: > At the rate that Rossi and the other applications for LENR are advancing > we might all need an extension if we are to see the fruit of our labors. > Let's work hard to speed up the progress. > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Wuller <rwul...@freeark.com> > To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Fri, May 15, 2015 11:35 am > Subject: RE: [Vo]:OT fountain of youth? > > Blaze: > > I agree. In addition, if life expectancy suddenly got extended > significantly, it would so completely and irrevocably change the way we > think and act, that these parochial attitudes would be as obsolete as the > dodo bird. They would be replaced by a whole new set of behavior. It is > amazing to me how people extrapolate certain societal characteristics to > new paradigms without understanding that the paradigm itself would alter > things irrevocably. > > > > *From:* Blaze Spinnaker [mailto:blazespinna...@gmail.com > <blazespinna...@gmail.com?>] > *Sent:* Friday, May 15, 2015 9:40 AM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:OT fountain of youth? > > Geez, that's pretty grim! Are you a part of some death cult? > > There's a lot of great ways a law respecting society can ensure a fresh > evolution of ideas. Death doesn't have to be one of them. > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Giovanni Santostasi <gsantost...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > We the death of each individual an irreplaceable world is lost. In > particular when we are talking about creative and productive people that > could contribute for centuries to the better of mankind. > > > Yeah? What makes you think the creative productive people would be > preserved? No way! It would be the wealthy and brutal people. If we had > this in the 20th century, Stalin would still be in charge of Russia. J. > Gould and the other robber barons would still be running Wall Street. The > Kim family would run North Korea forever. > > In cold fusion, opponents such as Huizenga would make policy for the > next 500 years, and they would never allow research. Young people would > never be able to contribute, or even grow up. Even James Watt became an > impediment to progress at the end of his life. > > Death leads to turnover. It gives young people with fresh perspectives a > chance. Most great science is done by young people. If the old scientists > never get out the way, new ideas will never be published. > > I agree with Max Planck. Death is sad for the individual, but it is a > blessing to society, and it is essential. > > - Jed > > > >
