On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Going through my notes again . . . I should say there is still some hope > at SPAWAR that after-hours or weekend research may be allowed. They are > still negotiating, so let us not raise a big stink about this. No point in > riling up the opposition more than usual. > > They are discouraged. > > As I said, most cold fusion research is done on a shoestring, tucked away > in a corner were the people in charge will not notice it. You have to keep > a low profile in this business. So please do not write letters to the Navy > demanding this be allowed. You will only make things worse. I will greatly > regret relaying this news here if people bring pressure on the Navy, and > the Navy makes life even more miserable for cold fusion researchers. > > The skeptics should feel free to keep writing to authorities. Mary Yugo > should continue to respond to any mass media article in the comment section > with unfounded, vile allegations of fraud and guilt by association, written > under a a pen name. It is only words, and words have no consequences. > In my public responses to overly optimistic and sometimes highly misleading main line news media reports and claims, I simply pointed out that Rossi had a checkered and controversial past which included two previous high profile technology failures followed by multiple legal charges and arrests. I also pointed out that he failed to get independent tests and failed to follow appropriate and clever suggestions for improving his own tests. I noted that he did not run long enough or make use of control/blank tests. That is simply the truth. It is not "unfounded, vile allegations of fraud". I also noted that Rossi's modus operandi is in virtually EVERY WAY analogous to some recent flagrant scams involving investor (not customer) fraud. That's not guilt by association -- as far as I know, Rossi is not associated with any of the people I mentioned. It's an objective, independent and accurate set of observations -- something Rossi and other cold fusion proponents should try sometime.
