LOL. The personal dynamics emerging out of the Rossi story as we move into Independence Day, especially on the journalism end of the spectrum, are becoming quaintly humorous, no?
Let's face it: this is either the most important invention of all time or it is a massive, embarrassing scam. It's "more important than fire", as one of AR's competitor likes to opine :-) ... or else the impending coup de grâce for LENR. And if you are a fringe journalist, prepared to step-up into the National scene, having already made a little wave with the "not really fusion" spiel - then this could be the story which is not just a "once in a lifetime" opportunity, but "once in all time" ... Certainly, the stakes are high and there is little middle ground by now, so if you have prided yourself on being the Numero Uno top-journalist in LENR - which is to say, in a field which was once a backwater of pathological science, but which is now poised to explode (and with you at the helm) ... priceless ...but wait ... Can this impending Paradigm Shift really be due to a poorly crafted invention by a nutty Italian, and will that device alone essentially become the savior of the Free World and the Western way of life ? (instead of the "other" lame story which Krivit been spearheading, and promoting non-stop). Let's face it, Steve did not get in on the ground floor of the Rossi 'event,' possibly due to bad advice from his new sponsors W & L, and now fears the possibility that he could have blown everything by missing those early clues; and mainly by choosing the 'wrong horse'... ... but that is only if Rossi is for real. And 'scam' is looking to be easily possible, at least to a growing list of smart fence-straddlers, going into July ... but then again, that is due mainly to the whims of a nutty Italian, more so that to the actual results- which are extraordinarily robust according to insiders, but only as glorified anecdote. No good numbers yet - which pleases the skeptic ... and then again, that could be part of the scam (or else part of a pervasive attitude of 'full speed ahead'). In the end, it seems that the easiest recourse for Krivit to save face is this slime-gamble, made worse from by a failed visit to Italy - and based on too-little information, but seemingly the only option: dump on Rossi - big time. His prayer is to get out there and position himself as the journalist who bravely stood up to the scorn and ridicule of colleagues in the field, and exposed Andrea Rossi as the scam artist he is. He will thereby scoop the journalists who beat him to other possibility, and reclaim his rightful position as Numero Uno journalist in the field ... and then, perhaps, be ready to double-down, since his other 'horse,' the one that went lame getting into the gate last year - will now have second-wind. By November, Steve may come out of this looking not only like a top-dog journalist, but also like a bit of an insightful scientist in his own right ... ...or else he will be staring deeply into the wrong end of that proverbial horse ? What are the probabilities ? You have four months to decide. From: Jed Rothwell Subject: [Vo]:Krivit accuses Rossi of not being a scientist, which Rossi isn't Here is a long posting by Steve Krivit: http://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2011/37/Report2-372-EnergyCatalyzerScienti ficCommunicationAndEthicsIssues.shtml I would say this is correct. He points out many weaknesses in Rossi's presentations and data. He exaggerates the problems, but basically it is correct. Then he nullifies the discussion: "I went to Bologna to seek scientific answers to scientific questions that deserve forthright and detailed responses. Rossi does not claim to be a scientist, and he was under no ethical obligation to give me the scientific answers I sought. He is not bound to any scientific credo, and he answers to no institution. Levi, however, is a scientist and, to a certain extent, represents the University of Bologna. (Levi is, of course, entitled to academic freedom to conduct research as he chooses.)" My response: I did not go to Bologna because Rossi told me he would not answer scientific questions. He made that abundantly clear. Krivit should have asked, as I did. If he had scientific questions, he should have asked them over the telephone. Rossi would not have answered them, and Krivit would have saved the cost of airfare. If Krivit did ask before he left, and he knew that Rossi would not answer scientific questions, then perhaps this whole thing was a set up. Perhaps Krivit went there to make Rossi look bad. It is the easiest thing in the world to make Rossi look bad. I have been dealing with Rossi for over a year and he has not answered any scientific questions yet, so why was Krivit expecting anything different? Rossi answers engineering questions, albeit not to my full satisfaction. Since Rossi "is not bound to any scientific credo, and he answers to no institution" why is there dispute? Why is there any issue? Rossi refuses to answer questions. End of story. Ditto Levi. I know dozens of professional scientists who will not publish papers or allow me to upload anything about their work. Yeah, sharing information is essential to academic science, but there is no professional ethical obligation to do it. If you want to make private use of it, or withhold it for months in order to make progress yourself and win more acclaim, that's perfectly ethical. It is unfriendly. It is unbecoming of a scientist. But it is not unethical, and it sure isn't unheard of! It is as common as arguing over faculty parking spaces. When a programmer finds a bug in a Microsoft programming language, it is helpful to others if he or she informs Microsoft. If programmers never did that, no programming language would work. However, this is not a professional obligation. People who do not do this are jerks -- that's all. As Krivit points out, Rossi is not a scientist. Yes, we knew that. So why ask him scientific questions? Why demand of him things you know from experience he never provides. If you know that he is not going to prove the steam is dry, why bring up the subject? Either you trust the meter or you don't. I asked Rossi to let me run a test of steam quality. He said no. Why make a fuss about it? Why devote pages of a blog to that topic, and why stir up anti-Rossi feelings? Rossi does that himself on his own blog without Krivit's help. - Jed
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