Stephen,
I neither know nor care about the details of Jed's relationship with
Rossi. I recall that he fell out with him some time ago.
Jed maybe an expert but he wasn't there and is relying on second hand
information, so it doesn't matter. He claims the instrumentation was
bad/unsuitable but it was chosen by the ERV.
How do you know IH weren't looking for a way out? It certainly is not
obvious. A successful test would require them to pay $89 million. If
they thought they already had the IP that they could develop themselves
or sell what was the incentive?
Has anyone here seen the actual contract?
On 7/5/2016 4:21 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
On 07/05/2016 04:06 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
a.ashfield <[email protected]> wrote:
Jed, When you start with certainty that Rossi is a fraud all
becomes clear to you.
I did not start with that idea. On the contrary, as you see in the
quote from me ending Lewan's book, I started with the assumption that
his claims are real.
Anyone who's been on Vortex for longer a than a few months surely
knows this is absolute fact. Jed was more than willing to give Rossi
the benefit of an awful lot of doubt before he came to the conclusion
that the fix was in.
Craig is right. Far better to leave the judgement to an unbiased
expert.
Jed */IS/* an "unbiased expert" in the area of cold fusion experiment
analysis and calorimetry -- or, if anything, I'd have claimed he was
biased in Rossi's favor; and if he's not an "expert" he'd make a
pretty good stand-in for one. The available data is more than
adequate to draw conclusions -- arguing otherwise is like arguing that
we "need more research" to determine if global warming is real.
And just to point out the obvious, IH was */not/* looking for a way to
avoid paying Rossi anything and get out of the deal -- at least not to
start with, they weren't. They were more like, "Shut up and take my
money!" and it's only the totally failed year long test that changed
their minds. If -- */IF/* -- the Rossi process had been real, it would
have been cheap at $89 million dollars (or even $890 million dollars),
given that they were apparently expecting IP as well as a gadget.
It's absurd to act as though Rossi somehow strong-armed them into
signing the contract, and all they wanted was a way out!
