2011/7/15 Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[email protected]>: > I don't know what it is about this, but Jed seems to have lost his ability > to read and understand.... Of course, it could be me, I suppose. Aren't we > always the last to know? >
I think that it is both, because you speak different language. You both think that there is insufficient evidence to make definitive conclusion. But I think that Jed is optimist and you are pessimist. That means in practice that Jed thinks that demonstrations does not justify conclusion that E-Cat is debunked, therefore we should trust Rossi (and Focardi, Levi, Stremmenos, etc). You on the other hand think that since demonstrations are insufficient to make the conclusion that we should not trust Rossi. This is the difference of optimist and pessimist. They are making different conclusions from same insufficient evidence! (disclaimer: this is of course pseudopsychology and should not be taken too seriously, however optimism and pessimism are very useful concepts for metadiscussion, because they often can explain why it is sometimes so hard to agree – it is just a language barrier!) – Jouni
