Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote:
This is more than chaos. He has buried himself. How can anybody
believe a word of what he says anymore?
As I have said dozens of times: You would have to be _crazy_ to believe
a word he says about his business.
Just to give one example, he said there was a world-class corporation
investing in his company. That turned out to be Ampenergo, which is a
start-up with no money as far as I know.
You have to understand, Rossi likes to bury himself. He thrives on
chaos. Rossi could have hundreds of millions of euros by now if he would
only act reasonably. Instead, he gets himself in trouble, breaks
contracts, tells people conflicting things, and stirs up trouble for no
reason. He would rather make $1 by playing mind games and manipulating
people than $100 by conventional, straightforward methods.
He is not the only person like this. There are sane people who cannot
bring themselves to tell the truth. People such as author James Frey.
He did not ship the plant.
The plant is not in test by anybody.
There is no NI control system hooked to that plant.
Who knows what to make of it. I am sure that NI is really working on it.
Their VP wrote to Forbes, after all. Or they were working on it . . .
Maybe Rossi threw them out.
Is there really a customer who will paid $2 million and are OK to have
the plant still not delivered or working or hooked to a test system?
Is there really a US factory?
Is there really a order for 12 more E-Cat plants?
Is there really another 1 MW customer?
Don't bother asking such questions. He will give you a dozen different
conflicting answers. He will say whatever pops into his head. I cannot
judge whether this is genuine confabulation in the medical sense, or
just someone who enjoys telling tall tales and playing mind games.
The reason I say Rossi is not lying in the usual sense is that he makes
no effort to cover up or explain away his previous statements. I think
he feels the truth does not matter. One day he says he shipped the
reactor; the next day he says no, he didn't. Actually it is not anyone's
business whether he shipped or not, so he should say "that's
confidential" instead of making stuff up.
His behavior is sometimes so bizarre it goes over the edge. Perhaps he
is responding to stress. To be blunt, it seems a little crazy. I am no
doctor, but it reminds of confabulation, which is something like: "Did I
tell you I met with the Queen of England the other day" . . . [10
minutes later] "Did I say the Queen of England? I meant a local drag
queen, here in Atlanta" [10 more minutes] "The neighbor's dog is named
Queenie, I see her every morning. That's what I meant." If it is
confabulation or something similar, it is not something you should get
upset about. You should not poke fun at it either, as Jones Beene has
been doing. Whether it is mental illness or not, Rossi's behavior is
tragic. More tragic than deceptive, in my opinion.
- Jed
