Any dictature breeds irrationalities and it is difficult to compare Japan's imperialist one seemingly very popular with the Greek one hated by the democratic people. And the kamikaze were lead by a very peculiar rationality. I think analogies have limited domains of application, we have to take care with them. History - even if we forget it in part is not repeatable. The story of the transistor is not like the story of cold fusion. One reason- the transistor was made from an element that's good for this purpose. while cold fusion was discovered in palladium- a historical misfortune. Different starts.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think people coming from a country with a relatively normal history re >> not able to understand well the behaviour of people coming from a country >> that was once a dictature- as Greece (or Romania.) >> > > I knew lots of people who lived through the militarist dictatorship in > Japan. They did not act as irrationally as Defkalion appears to be acting. > > I say "appears to be" because there may be some hidden reason for them to > be saying these weird things. > > I suppose it is possible that Stremmenos is right, Defkalion has no > technology, and they are running a gigantic swindle. If so, they are doing > a terrible job at it. They are amateur con-men, who inspire no confidence. > I can't imagine how they could attract investors with a member of their > Board going around saying stuff like this! An investor will do a Google > search and find out the company is mired in the worst controversy a > start-up company could be mired in. > > Their response to me would not reassure an investor, or deflect doubt. The > response looks to me like confusion, rather than an attempt to evade the > issue. I get a sense they honestly do not understand what I am saying. Even > though I have said it as clearly as I can, and it is not complicated. > > You don't know whether to laugh or cry. It is a shame that cold fusion > ventures so often end up tangled in confusion, anger, broken contracts, and > lurid accusations. > > I hope this confusion -- or whatever it is -- is cleared up soon. > > - Jed > > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
