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>> From: Jed Rothwell >> http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/personal-cold-fusion-reactor-invention- lenr/Content?oid=2165464 > This story must be embarrassing for Larsen - due to the timing with > Ed Storms being featured prominently. You do not have to read between > the lines to see that someone has permitted a gigantic ego to get into > the way of doing good science. > > To paraphrase: "keeping information private in the university > environment became a problem, Larsen says, so in 2003 they shifted > their research to the Santa Fe home laboratory of retired Los Alamos > physicist Edmund Storms." Then it continues to the theory which > developed: "The theory is controversial even among the minority of > scientists who take LENR seriously, and the detractors include Larsen's > erstwhile collaborator Edmund Storms." > > Larsen "terminated the relationship, partly over [Storms] rejection of > the theory that Widom developed. > > Ed Storms responds "The theory is not consistent with what is observed' > by people exploring cold fusion and it rests on several ad hoc > assumptions for which no evidence exists in any field of science." > > Given the circumstances, why would anyone, especially the DoE, want to > invest in Lattice Energy, or in any company that puts ego (and a cranky > theory) ahead of doing good science ? > Regardless of whomever's theory is the most accurate one that attempts to explain CF or LENR, I feel a glimmer of encouragement that at least some of these controversial theories are being put to the test. Very encouraging indeed. While I risk expressing a banal truism, I hasten to add the obvious fact that the ultimate goal of achieving success is typically preceded by a long string of failures; that along with deviations down the wrong theoretical path as perceived in hindsight. Fortunately, many failures, when viewed in proper light, can occasionally present the observer with the ultimate gift of suggesting a more profitable direction. After reading this worthwhile article the only concern I was left with was wondering whether it might have the potential of confusing readers in regards to what is actually being theorized to be the correct theory. Oh! Silly me! Strike my previous circuitous paragraph from the record! At present, I'm still inclined to wonder if anyone is, as of yet, in possession of the correct theory! Still... insofar s Lewis Larsen and Lattice Energy's goals are concerned. I sure as hell don't want to get in the way of whatever progress might be going on there. As always, it's the peanut gallery for me. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
