Horace Heffner wrote:
The methods they use include things like:
Ridicule in the mass media.
Publishing books attacking the research. . . .
.
Let's not forget suppression of patents, at least in the US. That
kills off industrial development and research investment within the
US, at least somewhat. . . .
Sure. I have a memo circulated at the Patent Office on June 5, 1989
instructing inspectors to be on the lookout for fusion patent
applications, so they can be shunted aside, presumably in order to
reject them summarily. It does not actually say they will be
rejected, but they all were.
There are other methods as well. I did mean that was a comprehensive list.
My point is that the suppression has been overt, not covert. The
methods are obvious to everyone. The people suppressing cold fusion
are not trying to keep their activities quiet. On the contrary, at
every opportunity they brag about what they did, in the mass media
and at conferences.
Though probably instigated by pathological skeptic academics, it is
still an official governmental agency policy.
It sure is.
- Jed
