On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Marcello Vitale <mvit...@ucsbalum.net>wrote:
> > To the hard-core skeptics, two questions: > > - did man actually set foot on the moon? Compare and contrast level of > proof. > I agree, the moon-landing requires some trust, because there is no way for us to witness it directly. But the sheer number of complicit people -- probably 10s of thousands -- required to fake it make that scenario infinitely more difficult to believe than a moon landing, which after all is based on perfectly well-understood physics. There is no unknown reaction claimed here. In Rossi's case, it is completely feasible to demonstrate the effect without any need for trust, and so here the fact that he doesn't makes it likely that he can't. Furthermore, the number of complicit people necessary is much, much smaller. In fact, it could be all delusion or incompetence (definitely not possible in the moon-landing). > - how is Rossi trying to make money out of his wonderful, long, elaborate, > hollywoodian scam? I already wrote a detailed post on that and got no > reaction. > > Maybe you missed the cross-post of Krivit's comment on his latest post, where he spells it out pretty well. Briefly, entirely plausible, confidential, and substantial, investments. Or, for another clue, look at BLP and how their wonderful, long, elaborate, hollywoodian story, in which no product has ever been marketed, and in which promises have been repeatedly unfulfilled, has nevertheless earned them about $60M in investment.
