Edison cheated Tesla on a flimsy pretext ('just joking') and 'repeatedly lied'
about DC vs AC. Tesla was vindicated, not Edison. Edison didn't even invent
the electric lightbulb ( OK, he made it last longer).
Testing without cost or risk? Not in any way that I would risk, if I was him.
What defies credibility to me are academics who believe corporations and
governments won't neutralize people who get in the way. The sign guarding Area
51 says, 'use of deadly force authorized'. President Obama orders the killing
of US citizens without trial.
As with an iceberg, if this is what you can see openly, how much is below the
surface that is hidden from your sight? Did Karen Silkwood just have an
'unfortunate accident'? Did JFK ride thru Dallas in an open vehicle after the
Secret Service knew about multiple plots on his life? How about the silver
trade whistleblower who was rammed by a car, not so long ago? How many
Americans know about a plot to overthrow FDR in the '30's and replace him with
a military junta - that Congress took seriously? Can major politicians be
bought off - to help corporations - by faking commodity transactions? (Hilliary)
Maybe Rossi goes nowhere..... but don't be naive about "risk"
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From: Mary Yugo [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 5:24 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi comments on the "It was sent back" statement
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Zell, Chris
<[email protected]<mailto:[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.
