Jeff Driscoll <[email protected]> wrote: he needs a gullible investor, or a fraudulent investor wanting to find a > bigger gullible investor, he's probably learned the game with his previous > fraudulent work >
He has not learned it very well, has he? If he is a con-man, he is the most inept con-man in Italy and Florida, which is saying a lot. Consider one thing that Krivit wrote: "These people have also been impressed with the fact that Rossi has entered into discussions with prestigious companies such as National Instruments and institutions such as NASA. Although Rossi has managed to get his foot in the door, none of those discussions has led to research agreements. Rossi has, however, used those discussions to boost his credibility." Krivit described the NASA visit in some of his earlier columns. I have discussed the visit with several other people, and I confirm many aspects of Krivit's description. This visit was a flaming fiasco. If this is how Rossi "boosts his credibility" how could he diminish his credibility? Perhaps by meeting the NASA people at the door naked, with a shotgun? As far as I know Rossi has done absolutely nothing to boost his credibility. On the contrary, everything he has done has blasted his credibility to ribbons. I get the impression he does care about credibility, or about what other people think. No con-man can survive with this attitude. Regarding the NASA visit, the one aspect of it that I think Krivit reported incorrect is the impression of the NASA people have of Rossi. They did not leave the place thinking Rossi is a fake or that the steam from his device is insufficient. They left thinking that Rossi is a strange person who did not show them what he said he would. They cannot judge his claims. Naturally, they were upset, but they were not convinced he is a fraud. I do not think there is any evidence he is a fraud. There are appearances or an impression he makes, but that is not evidence. Like Jones Beene, I cannot imagine any method by which he could defraud people with this, and I have not heard that anyone has been defrauded. As far as I know, no one has even paid for a machine, but I could be wrong about that. - Jed
