Jones Beene: "Their opinions are* de minimis..." * Jones Beene must be a lawyer of at least work with them alot.
My lawyer oftentimes describes aspects of my case as *de minimis* *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_minimis <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_minimis>* On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > *From:* Peter Gluck > > Do you think you are convincing many people here? > > Peter, > > Duh! Your question about JR convincing the important technologists in the > field is almost silly, IMO. Because of his extended reputation in LERN > over many years, his International connections, his dedication to the > field and to maintaining an incredible library - and high skill level in > many fields -- Jed has steered many, if not the great majority of > scientists to his perspective. There is no other as well-respected in the > entire field, including Storms and McKubre. > > He’s had less success with Rossi’s hard-core minions, but many now > suspect that the emperor has no cloths … yet are too idealistic to give up > easily. Their opinions are* de minimis* at best in terms of the > technology itself. Sure, if Jed is wrong, his reputation will suffer badly but > the same holds true for you (or any of us). > > There is a third possibility - that Jed will be mostly right, but not > totally. It is pretty clear from everything which has transpired in the > last month, that AR cannot live up to the specifics of the contract. However, > it is difficult to believe that he has nothing to show for many years of > effort and millions spent, in a field where there has been prior success > by others. That would mean that Rossi is totally incompetent and probably > mentally ill… and at best, a Svengali of sorts. He seems to totally > captivate the Swedish mind-set, for whatever reason. > > Certainly Rossi can still manage to salvage his sinking ship if he honestly > and openly demonstrates a substantial thermal anomaly with his latest > effort, if only for a few days duration, and low COP. He would lose the > battle with IH, but could win the war, many years down the road when > things are better understood … unless he is mad. > > What he cannot do is facilitate another sham like Lugano and expect to > maintain his loyal following, with instant creds or future investment. This > looks like a last chance opportunity. Can he pull it off? > > Rossi is surely deluded in this recurrent vision of upcoming mass > production, or even having a real customer. As to the point (as several > have noted) – that he did manage to arouse new interest in the field and > deserves recognition for that….well… DGT also raised interest in LENR, and in > fact, cross-validated Rossi for a while. Several here thought DGT was > real and had leap-frogged Rossi. Without the both of them in 2003, > neither would have looked good. > > But the DGT legacy is negative. If Rossi joins them in ignominy, LENR > will survive, but it would greatly shorten the timetable if he has > something left in his magic box. > >
