At 04:27 AM 9/17/2012, Nigel Dyer wrote:
From my personal experience the problem is not so much a conspiracy
as people, such as scientists in universities who do know something
about this stuff, having read about this in the past, decided from
the evidence then that there was nothing in it, and there not being
the evidence available now that would convince them otherwise.
Well, not quite. The evidence is available, but it would take some
actual effort to look at it. Robert Duncan was skeptical, the
evidence existed, but he hadn't looked at it. CBS paid him to look.
That's why his position changed!
This is going to shift, because since about 2005, the skeptical
position entirely disappeared from the journals, and there have been
about 16 reviews of the field published in mainstream journals since
then. All positive.
It's going to change even if NiH turns out to be a big flop. And it
may turn out to be real and even practical. I'm just not holding my breath.
If they encounter the rap video I suspect it is as likely to change
their mind as would an equivalent video presenting theological
evidence for free energy.
What is needed for them is evidence in a language, and from people
that they can believe.
I think I can do it in person. It's harder to do in writing, but I'm
working on that, too.
And so are others, of course.
Part of my approach is to cling to my own skepticism, to be very
careful what I take as established fact.
