> > Naturally, they are distancing themselves, but I would not say from "any" > conclusions. If they suspected it is fraud they would be crazy to allow > that press release. They would issue a strong denial instead. >
Most people who have not followed the progress of this story carefully from the start have no reason to suspect a fraud. I think NI simply has no idea whether Rossi's machines do what he says they do. > Along similar lines, U. Bologna has issued statements saying they are not > connected to Rossi. I copied one of them here the the other day. The thing > is, these statements are carefully hedged. They are not attacks or > accusations. The University is leaving the door open and it is being > respectful toward Rossi. Probably hoping to get grant money. > > If people at these institutions had an inkling that this is fraud, they > would not act this way. > What Levi (a UBO professor) thinks and does has always been puzzling. I never understood why he never repeated his original 18 hour test using a small device with a high power output. Instead, Rossi went to shorter tests with much less power per unit size and weight. I never understood why Levi hasn't pressed publicly for the university to receive a device. SOON! There's no credible reason it has not yet been given one. IMO, it's suspicious that they have not. > On the other hand, I agree this is nothing like a ringing endorsement. We > have seen nothing that proves NI is fully on board with Rossi, and fully > believes him. We have seen only indications. These should give thoughtful > skeptics pause. They should scare the stuffing out of Robert Park. I hope > he is having sleepless nights. > Why do you assume skeptics are against cold fusion? I don't know about Park but I'm one skeptic who would LOVE for this to be real. That'd be a lot more fun than any scam. The problem is and has always been Rossi's attitude and behavior. Some advocates blame skeptics for the failure of the E-cat to gain widespread acceptance. It's not their fault. Skeptics only point out problems and issues. They have no influence on what the device is or on how well it performs yet some advocates seem to suggest that somehow, magically, they do. > Any sensible person will fear that this is fraud because it looks like in > many ways and because there have been many incidents of fraud in the past. > A person who does not know much about this will naturally suspect fraud. At > this stage, with all the attacks on Rossi in the mass media, the public > relations department at NI is going to be very careful not to go on record > validating Rossi. > Gee, it's not up to NI to validate Rossi. And sales don't validate Rossi! This whole NI thing is sort of a red herring. I don't think it means a thing that they sell to Rossi. I bet they sold stuff to Gaddhafi, Hussein and maybe Iran's nuclear efforts too when it was legal to so do. That doesn't imply either approval or acknowledgement that what those people were building would work.
