Mary Yugo <[email protected]> wrote: I think you're being pedantic here. Of course I mean that they made the > exorbitant claims without proper evidence, not that I have proof that the > claims are false. The claims are incredible and extreme. >
Not as far as I know. They are not incredible or extreme in view of the fact that cold fusion exists, and the fact that many previous experiments produced large power density and high temperatures. I realize you do not consider these to be facts, but I do, as you well know. Please do not dispute that; you would violate the Rule of Ko in the game of Go. Be mindful of that, grasshopper. > There is absolutely no reason to believe them . . . > There was no reason to believe them, but also no strong reason to doubt them, given the other experimental evidence. I now have reason to believe them. I have no doubt there is a fully equipped laboratory and many skilled people. It is conceivable they are engaged in a gigantic and hugely expensive fraud, but I doubt that. I do not worry about such implausible scenarios. Claims of megawatt devices that will give free heat to the Police Academy > of Xanthi (if there is such a thing), claims to being assured of making > 300,000 (I forget the actual quantity) units of 5 to 35 kW Hyperions in > 2012 for sale, claims to a factory . . . > All may be true. I do not know, but as I see it, all are more likely to be true than the skeptical fantasy that cold fusion is not real. You should think twice about betting against people with large, well funded laboratories and 22 years of experimental evidence in their favor. This is a lot like betting that Edison could not make a subdivided electric light in 1879. You should, at least, temper your assertions with some measure of doubt, or even humility. It is one thing to be wrong. It is another to be wrong when you have shouted out the assertion with adjectives such as "exorbitant, incredible, extreme . . ." I suggest you hedge your bets. Posterity may read this web site, and I suppose you do not wish to look like a fool if it turns out you are wrong. - Jed
