Lawrence de Bivort wrote: > I was visiting a lab in Cambridge and met a senior, well-respected, and > highly intelligent researcher who had at MIT unsuccessfully tried to > replicate the original CF experiments. He was now quite dismissive of the > possibility of CF advances and clearly wanted to keep distance between > himself and the field, to the point of not seeking even to take a second > look at the current status of the research. > I am quite dismissive of people who will not look at the current status of the research.
> It may be that some framing materials might be produced to allay some of > the meta-concerns that people in his situation still have. > I do not know what "framing materials" means. This person should read the peer-reviewed literature and Ed's book. He will find that the experiment is difficult. If he reads carefully he will probably learn why his own experiment failed. If he is not willing to do this, he is not a scientist. - Jed
