Jed, I am quite neutral on that. Wheter it is Gerischer or Brian Josephson, or even Laughlin, whom I admire.
Their opinion does not matter substantially. Those are fringe-opinions, which do not influence mainstream science a lot. They eventually are heard by people like You and me, but that's it. The 'mainstream' consists of people with access to the money in the science-community, via politicians with open ears, promoting 'progress', or what they understand by that, with synergy-effects to the carreers/money-pots of both . By that, the system stabilizes itself. To break that alliance of self-interest and ignorance is bordering the impossible. Now the freaky amateures step in: (Rossi, DGTG, etc.) What chance do they have? This says the pessimist in me. OK? Guenter ________________________________ Von: Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> An: [email protected] Gesendet: 22:01 Dienstag, 11.September 2012 Betreff: Re: [Vo]:Cold fusion has been suppressed -- no evidence for a conspiracy Guenter Wildgruber <[email protected]> wrote: This is a completely different institute, and one probaly has to know the intricacies of the Max-Planck organization. > The same or different, you would think that the Director's opinions might have weight when it comes to accepting or rejecting a important claim. Cold fusion is not the sort of thing you should try once and the put aside. In view of the fact that hundreds of other labs successfully replicated, it is incumbent upon any scientific organization to look carefully, and not to jump to conclusions. PLEASE DO NOT COMPARE THOSE! > I am not comparing them. I am pointing out that German's leading electrochemist endorsed cold fusion. Foreigners naturally do not understand the fine-print of such a delicate institution. >I can understand that. > Altogether too delicate. Subject to fainting spells, no doubt. They can't bring themselves to take a second look at the most important breakthrough in the history of technology. Poor dears! - Jed
