Jed, how many words wasted ! Just recall how Rossi reacted, time ago, when you proposed to make a test in Bologna using your own tools and what he said when you asked him to visit his Florida plant ! Didn't any alarm bell ring ? I'm sure you are, in his opinion, one of the very very very whatever but you'll have to watch any demo with your hands tied back and a dutch tape strip over your mouth. Did you already get the invitation for to the one megawatt gala party with the 4th July like steam show ? I whish you, at least, having a fine and fresh choice of snacks and apetizers :)
2011/8/25 Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> > Horace Heffner wrote: > > It is not primarily the people competent in this field that stand to be >> cheated if Rossi's device is a fraud or self deception. There are plenty of >> people with a lot of money who are scientifically clueless. These are the >> kind of people that can be suckered in by scientifically inadequate or even >> misleading demos. >> > > Unless you know of some specific people who may have been suckered in by > Rossi's demos, I do not think you should worry about this. I know lots of > people with money who would like to invest in Rossi's discovery. They do not > appear to be in any danger of being scammed by him. As I have often said, he > would make the world's worst confidence-man because he inspires no > confidence. Most investors I have spoken have a terrible impression of him > because of his demos, his fake PdD and his other quirks. His blog in > particular seems to be the worst marketing ploy in the history of commerce. > > If he succeeds in convincing people this is real, it will be in spite of > the demonstrations and his blog, not because of them. I think it is only > likely to happen if Defkalion is telling the truth, and if they release test > results from the Min. of Energy or someplace like that. > > I think he writes the blog as a hobby, as a way to relax, and as a way to > get good ideas from other people. It probably does him a world of good. It > causes no harm, and there is no reason why he should stop. People opposed to > Rossi have said the blog may be clever viral marketing, or part of a scheme > to defraud people, or an effort to make him look mainstream by the title > "Journal of Nuclear Physics." Such claims are ludicrous. It is the extreme > opposite of good marketing or an effort to appear mainstream! If Rossi > deliberately set out to make himself look like a disreputable, eccentric, > over-unity energy claimant, he could not give a more convincing impression > of that. > > - Jed > >
