Joshua Cude wrote:
Whereas Rossi measured the flow by weighing the reservoir before
and after. That method is infallible. It overrules the people at
esowatch who are speculating about the pump and waving their hands.
Why should I believe Rossi? If I did, there would be no need for
demos, would there? I'd put in an order for my own ecat.
Everyone who has seen the test told me he did this, including the 50
people who saw the first test. Some of the photos show the reservoir is
sitting on the scale. In Krivit's visit, Rossi said he had weighed the
water and he would do it again after the test. If he had not done this,
and he was lying, my guess is that Krivit would mentioned that.
So you don't have to believe Rossi.
I think you should stop making this about Rossi. Stop focusing
exclusively on him. He is not the only one who ran tests and made claims
with this device. Other such as Piantelli have seen heat from Ni
systems. Many others have seen heat from Pd systems. I realize that you
do not believe any of these claims, but as I said, you should stop
considering the claims one at a time, in isolation. Looking at one while
ignoring all others. First you pretend that Rossi did only one
experiment. Then you pretend that Rossi is the only one who says he
weighed the reservoir, so if we cannot believe him, it cannot be true.
Next you will claim that if Rossi says 4.2 joules equals one calorie, we
can't believe it because he says it.
Your tactic is called "divide and conquer" or "defeating in detail
(piecemeal)." It is good military strategy. It is a shame the Union Army
did not do this to Gen. Lee before the Battle of Gettysburg. But it is
not a valid method of doing science. It is not rational. You have to
consider the totality of the evidence. Some number of mistaken or even
fraudulent experiments are possible, but this many is out of the
question. For you to believe this many researchers could be wrong (or
lying) is a lot like believing that NASA faked the moon landings.
- Jed
