http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2011/April/ColumnThecrucible.asp
"The insistence on replication - as the motto of the Royal Society puts it, 'take no one's word for it' (Nullius in verba ) - has indeed long been one of science's great strengths. It explains why pathological science such as cold fusion and polywater was rather quickly consigned to the dustbin, while equally striking claims such as high-temperature superconductivity have entered the textbooks." Although the author clearly regards CF as pathological science, the assertion is ironic because he goes on to explain, with other examples, how the failure to replicate a claim is not necessarily proof that the claim is wrong. Harry
