Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Their responsibility is not toward people who are just curious > and unpatient. > I think it is irresponsible for anyone to make claims of this nature without at the same time presenting independent confirmation. If this were an ordinary industrial process there would be no need for independent confirmation, but no one has ever seen cold fusion reactions on such a large scale. Rossi, for all his faults, has presented semi-independent evaluations by various observers such as E&K. They are not independent enough for my taste, but better than nothing. If Defkalion does not wish to present independent data, in my opinion it would be best for them to say nothing and present nothing. Frankly, if I were you, and I did not have independent data, I would say nothing -- nothing positive or negative. That standard does not apply to laboratory-scale claims of a few watts. They have to be published before anyone can evaluate them. A cold fusion reaction of 250 mW is itself a replication of earlier claims from other labs, so it does not need to be independently verified. - Jed
