On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Zell, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Edison was a greedy liar and cheat who was cruel to animals. Schrodinger > was a bigamist. MLK and possibly Einstein were plagiarists. Werner Von > Braun was a Nazi and may have held rank in the SS. Tesla was a OCD-laden > nutball. > > I'm not sure I'd buy a used car from any of them. OTOH, I still respect > their achievements. > > If "Rashomon" Rossi gets it all together, I have my Home Depot credit card > ready. Then, I can stop buying 40lb bags for my pellet stove there. > Misses the point. If Edison repeatedly lied about his inventions and/or was jailed because of they didn't work as he said they did, and he described a new invention, you wouldn't trust him. Or if you did, you'd be a fool. It doesn't matter that he might be vindicated about the issue later. You'd get proper independent testing and replication which is exactly what has been asked again and again for more than a year of Rossi and Defkalion. There is no cost or risk involved any more and neither will do it. Their pretexts are flimsy and defy credibility. That's the problem.
