Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Concerning doubts about global warming and the connection to greenhouse > gases, I think there are fewer and fewer credible voices attempting to > claim that this is an open question. I am reminded of the opposition to > tobacco regulation . . . Well, there have been *some* credible voices. More to the point, some of the people here doubt the existence of global warming, and I want to make it clear that I respect their views. My point is, it is in our best interests to assume it is real act accordingly -- even if it is not real. That is not true of some other potential crises. What I really want to say here is on topic. I do not think we are near the turning point for cold fusion yet because you do not see articles like this in the mass media where big-name scientists come out and say "I assumed cold fusion is not real but now I believe it is real." The only story like that was on "60 Minutes" and the scientist was Rob Duncan. Duncan was a shot in the arm for cold fusion. He & Kimmel have done a lot of good. If we had 10 or 20 more of his caliber it would be a tremendous benefit. I do not see that happening anytime soon. But there is always hope. I hope that some leading Korean scientists associated with KAIST come on board as a result of the upcoming ICCF conference. Rob Duncan is one of the few scientists I know who is open minded and prepared to be persuaded by the weight of evidence. Such people are so rare in science, they become famous for that reason alone. They are all supposed to be like that, but that is mere mythology. Duncan and the others at U. Missouri are influence by the founder of that institution: Thomas Jefferson, one of the most open-mined thinkers in history. They model their attitudes on his. He set directives, and they take those directives seriously. They told me that. Jefferson had many grave personal faults, such as the fact that he sold his own children into slavery. But he had a towering intellect and he did a lot of good. Still, I prefer Franklin. - Jed
