At 02:49 PM 8/31/2012, Jed Rothwell wrote:
The physics establishment is not going to throw away the definitions of chemistry versus nuclear physics, and accept unconditionally that there is such a thing as "chemical transmutation," and that we should not worry about the effects of that mysterious new phenomenon. It should not accept that! It would be the height of irresponsibility for physicists to accept this. We know practically nothing about cold fusion. The research has barely begun. As I said at ICCF17, in the whole history of the field, we have spent roughly as much money as people spend on semiconductor R&D in a single day. I repeat: by the standards of industrial R&D, cold fusion is one day old.
Brilliant comment, Jed.
