Mary Yugo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > no skeptic would believe it no matter > > how good the results are, so why bother? > > > > You keep saying that but it isn't true. Skeptics have > different thresholds but most agree that if Rossi had repeated Levi's > experiment with proper calibrations and controls, it would have been > very persuasive. Some skeptics have, and perhaps they mean it. Others have told me (in other forums) they are certain there is trickery and no amount of heat would convince them of anything. A few skeptics have claimed there might be trickery of a special nature that cannot be tested for, confirmed or falsified. > > I am suggesting that you and Yugo be a little more observant of the > rules of > > academic discourse. This would be to your advantage. Your arguments > would go > > over better instead of rubbing people the wrong way. > > > > From the above comments about skeptics, it seems you could take a bit of > your own medicine. > Ah, yes. I should have added the trite academic get-out-of -jail expression: "present company excepted, d'accord." - Jed
