Dear Jones, I have no problems with the masculinity of the name Andrea, I am very fond of opera music and Andrea Chenier by U. Giordano is one opera I like much. To be sincere I absolutely do not care if somebody is a PhD or not. Do you know Cipolla's Laws of Stupidity? One of these laws says "stupidity is not depending an ANY other characteristics of a person" I have met tragically stupid PhD's and very smart people inventors or in other creative professions. By the way I have a PhD in chemical engineering (1983) so it is basoultely certain that I am stupid or not, tertium non datur. (not true by the way)
As regarding Rossi, it is obvious from his answers that he is intelligent. Have to hear his questions to know if he is wise. Peter On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter, > > > > As a humorous note, in an ethnocentric kind of way, you can probably > appreciate this comment. > > > > The name Dr Andrea Rossi, has been around for some time in thermoelectrics, > but prior to recently I had been under the impression that this person was a > woman, since that name in the USA is generally feminine. The work was done > here in the USA (New Hampshire), with no mention of Italy, and no picture of > the person ever appeared in the literature. I am told now that some > transplanted Italians use the name “Andrew” instead of Andrea, for this > reason. > > > > As it turns out, the inventor is neither a real PhD nor feminine, but a > definite creative genius, let me go on record with that comment before > adding: like most creative genius, he is possibly bordering on the edges of > what normal folks consider sanity. The same may be true to a lesser extent > of Randell Mills himself. > > > > Jones >
