Horace Heffner <[email protected]> wrote: Shocking to me that 86.3% think they know the answer, when there is no > scientific basis to know the truth.
You are being unreasonable. Most knowledge has no scientific basis. Nearly everything we "know" we take other people's word for. You know that airplane engines are reliable; you know the distance to the sun; and you may think you know that voting machines work pretty well. All of these "facts" you take from authoritative sources. You have not actually tested airplane engines or measured the distance to the sun. If you knew what I know about voting machines you would have little faith in them. Rossi's device has been tested by experts such as Kullander. Most of them said it works exactly as claimed. None of the experts reported that it cannot possibly work or that it appears to be a fraud. Some said it did not work when they tested it. Others said it did not work the first time but later on it did work. It is reasonable for an ordinary person to assume these experts are right. It may not be scientific in the strict sense of the word, but 99.999999% of your knowledge comes from such sources. - Jed
