Jed, and Jones Beene once again demonstrate the perils of a failure to do homework. Jed is forthright in his non-understanding of Mills' moves, and Jones is stuck with a collection of long-ago forward-looking statements by Mills as his work progressed. Jones has broad-based knowledge but he has not done the homework to understand what Mills is doing. All you have to do is pay close attention to the amply-disclosed experimental path, now documented in over 80 journal papers and animations and tutorials on the website.
In my personal contacts with Mills I have seen no arrogance, just confidence in his own insight. Criticism without the work of understanding is itself 'arrogance'. To say that Mills should 'apologize' is beyond outrageous. For many years he has been the target of relentless attack by Dr. John Connett over presumed flaws in his mathematics. Lately, Conett attacked Mills' analysis of the non-radiation condition, which is part of the bedrock of Mills' theory. Connet's rhetoric was savage and personal. Mills pointed out errors and omissions in Connett's critique. Connet formally retracted his critique, conceded merit in Mill's work, apologized for his personal attacks, wished Mills well, and retreated to silence. The only conceivable 'apology' would be the investors, but Mills has no problem raising money; more will be forthcoming as benchmarks are met. And, there is matter of the eight licensees who have seen the progress made. And there is the not-minor matter of the confirmation of the current catalytic chemistry by the staff of Rowan University. Glib critics in the peanut gallery have earned no apology. Some years ago, Mills used D2 in several BLP experiments. They worked, without any exceptional results. This should not surprise Jones, if he took note of the basic fact that the BLP phenomena belong in the realm of chemistry [electrons] and not nuclei as in LENR. I have occasionally pointed out the H atoms can auto-catalyze in three-body reactions which are strongly exothermic and may contribute to 'excess heat' in LENR cells. Deuterium would act the same way. However, this is a 'hyper-chemistry' reaction ad not nuclear. Mills has mentioned a phenomenon with the acronym CIHT which is the focus of much work by BLP at present. The interesting feature is that it yields electricity directly instead of through a thermal cycle as required by the other BLP reactions. Disclosure awaits enhancing the effect and IP protection. It may be vastly important. Stay tuned. Acceptance of Mills' work is dependent on results only, and that work is unfinished. Mike Carrell -----Original Message----- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 2:53 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Vo]:A prominent CQM (BL) critic capitulates Jones Beene wrote: >Seems to me that the Mills' fanboys are due (long overdue) an apology after >13 years of waiting to see this demo, or at least at a minimum to know what >happened to delay it? ... I do not know if an apology is called for. Anyone can be late with fundamental research. But I agree an explanation would enhance his credibility. Mills is arrogant, he makes grandiose promises, and he thinks the world of himself. That invites ridicule. It makes people suspect he is a charlatan. In this thread, I think Mills said: ". . . I get back to my work on one of the most important discoveries in history." That's bad form. Many researchers think they are working on one of the most important discoveries in history, and I suppose the cold fusion researchers actually are. Yet apart from Arata I do not recall any of them saying this, in so many words. Scientists often have large egos but it is customary to hide that with false modesty. People who do not lie about their own ego are considered suspicious. It is contradictory. You have to lie in such a way that everyone knows you are lying, or you may be accused of lying. Mills skips the whole charade and simply says what he believes: that he himself is a genius and his theory is revolutionary. Perhaps he suffers from autism, which sometimes triggers this kind of socially unacceptable honesty. This rubs people the wrong way. Other people -- not me. I don't care what Mills thinks of himself. I cannot tell whether his theory is the work of sublime genius, or nonsense, or both. If it is true, it is a shame that Mills' behavior and condescending attitude may be delaying the acceptance of the theory. - Jed ________________________________________________________________________ This Email has been scanned for all viruses by Medford Leas I.T. Department.
