Jed, I agree. Cold Fusion touches every aspect of our lives and society, but that does not mean every aspect of our lives and society is appropriate for this forum.
One may argue that some topics are marginally relevant but surely, you can agree that some topics are way off topic. Surely you can agree that Wisconsin politics, school lunches, dead Everest Bodies and the like are completely inappropriate. (Although I did find Everest Dead Bodies Interesting to say the least.) And to be honest, I do find your posts thought provoking many times, but just because they are thought provoking does not mean they are appropriate for this forum. Let's keep Vortex-l on topic - that is, discussion of Crackpot Theories, Cold Fusion, Free Energy and Taboo Physics. Jojo PS. I can make the case that "Intelligent Design" being a "Crackpot Theory" (n your eyes), is a topic more appropriate for Vortex-l when compared to topics like school lunches. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jed Rothwell To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:OT: Please! Let's do our part and keep OFF-TOPIC off this list! I disagree. Off topic subjects are often food for thought. Some seem off topic at first, but turn out to be on topic. I have often posted news items and things that caught my attention from books I am reading that seemed off topic. After some discussion here I realize why they caught my attention and why they do, in fact, have some bearing on cold fusion. Cold fusion is a broad subject. If we overcome the opposition and cold fusion energy is used, historians, sociologists, economists and others will eventually write thousands of books on this subject, trying to explain what happened, why it happened. They will try to explain why there was such tremendous opposition, why people such as Rossi acted the way they did, who really discovered cold fusion, and so on. Cold fusion is the most important discovery in the recorded history of technology. Only a few prehistoric discoveries such as fire and domesticated animals outweigh it. It will revolutionize many aspects of daily life, and many other technologies. It will force us to rethink our attitudes toward science and research, funding for research, and our ideas about where technology originates, who gets the credit, and who should get the profits. It will change history; it will change the face of the earth; and it will help open the whole solar system to exploration and colonization. It is hard to imagine a bigger subject, or one that has more "on-topic" ramifications. Needless to say, if we cannot overcome the political opposition, or if Rossi and the other researchers continue to act as their Own Worst Enemies, then cold fusion will be a forgotten footnote to history, and we will continue to blunder our way to ecological disaster and world-wide poverty with existing energy systems. - Jed
