At 08:29 PM 3/24/2010, Harry Veeder wrote:
Is confidentiality maintained because some of the participants are
worried about losing their "day jobs" if word got out that they were
taking CF research seriously?
If some think that, and imagine that a mailing list is sufficiently
confidential, they are dreaming. If this is a problem for someone,
get a free email account, using a name that isn't connected with you,
let the moderator know who you are (and confirm it), and then use
this account for the list.
Wear shoes, don't try to cover the world with leather.
There was an editor on wikipedia who was a skeptic about cold fusion,
but who was very concerned about the possibility that his employer
might find out he was even *discussing* this stuff. Good chance that
fear was overblown, but it's still possible.
