For some reason a message from Joshua Cude popped up. Anyway, he wrote:
> It's not even close to libelous. But why exactly is your opinion more > important than the legal definition? > The spirit of these messages violates the rules set here, and they violate the rules of academic decorum. > That is your opinion and you have a right to it, but thousands of cold >> fusion scientists disagree with you. Please refrain from accusing them of >> being criminals. >> > > I don't think you can assume that all cold fusion scientists disagree with > that view. > All the ones I know do. I probably know more than you do. Granted, I have not taken a poll. As you've said yourself, most CF research isn't anywhere close to producing > reactors in quantity for retail sales. > Except for Rossi. > And there are many cold fusion advocates who are skeptical of Rossi, > including several on this list, Brian Ahern, and of course Krivit. > Ahern told me he is sure that Rossi is getting some heat. He doubts the extent of it, not the reality of it. He himself is getting heat with similar materials, so it would a little crazy for him reject the claims altogether. He would be saying: "Rossi is pretending to get heat from materials that I am definitely getting heat from." That's irrational. His reasons for doubting the magnitude are partly technical, and I disagree with them. They are also partly because he distrusts Rossi personally, and I do not think he has a valid reason to distrust him. I suspect he may be jealous. Krivit is not a researcher. As far as I know he has no valid technical reasons to doubt Rossi. He only points to "suspicious behavior" and to some imaginary problems. That is my impression, but I have not read his columns carefully, so I could be wrong about that. - Jed
