Jed Rothwell wrote: > See: > >http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=sending_science_to_pluto&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 > > QUOTE: > > Let's be finicky in our application of the phrase. For example, > Newtonian physics did not get sent to Pluto. It was shown to be > a valid approximation of Einstein's relativistic physics for > objects moving well below the speed of light, and as such was > incorporated into the newer theory. And cold fusion, N-rays, > Velikovskian planet billiards and similar crackpottery weren't > sent to Pluto either because they never enjoyed a significant > period of acceptance by the scientific community (perhaps they > all reside on another planet... Uranus?). -----
The associated link for cold fusion is to the wikipedia article, which no longer condemns CF as "pathological science" or the like -- it even quotes Beaudette!
