How about throwing in some predictions on world resource use, nuclear power, wind power, robots, the erosion of funding for HF, or the zombie apocalypse?
[mg] On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > The IT predictions are interesting! > > I have sworn off trying to predict the future of cold fusion because it > determined by politics, not technology. If it was technology we could spot > a trend or extrapolate from what has happened. But the progress of cold > fusion -- or likely lack of progress -- depends entirely on emotions. To be > blunt, it is stymied by fanatics who oppose science and academic freedom. > > People repeatedly set up carefully devised funding with government > agencies and private donors. Everything is lined up. Approvals are given. > Then, at the last minute, Robert Park or one his crowd hears about it, > raises a stink, threatens people's careers, pulls strings, and the whole > project goes down the tubes. Or the meeting is cancelled, or the book is > not printed. Every few months I hear about that kind of thing. As long as > we face this kind of opposition there is not likely to be much funding or > progress. It is a miracle the conference at U. Missouri is on track, and > their research is still funded. > > Progress also depends to some extent on people such as Rossi, who are, > shall we say, unpredictable. Self centered. Uncooperative. Prone to hurting > their own interests. > > - Jed > >
