Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
This has been the problem all along -- everything is sloppy, Rossi's statements are often inaccurate or confusing, there's a little bit of what might be outright lying going on (e.g., the dry steam in the early tests, the undetectable isotope shifts, the factory heating system which nobody but Rossi ever saw) . . .
I agree with the part about "sloppy" and "isotope shifts," but Focardi and others say they saw the factory heating system.
I do not think Rossi was lying about dry steam. He says he does not know much about how to measure steam quality. He assumed that Galantini knew what he was doing. I still do assume that. Many people here have been yelling about this but experts I have heard from say it was dry.
Rossi is flamboyant and quick to anger, so he makes himself look bad. His behavior magnifies his faults. Some people, such as the late John Maddox, have the opposite quality. They give a good impression. They speak well with a polished, professional demeanor. They come across as authorities. You feel you should trust them. It turns they do not know what they're talking about, but they give a good impression, so many people believe them.
- Jed
