Peter has raised an important subject, but one so filled with emotion
and complex arguments, knowing where to start is the problem. The
discussion of theory we are witnessing is an indication of a deeper
problem.
Yes, CF is difficult to explain, but how we go about this discussion
is important. The CMNS discussion group was designed to allow a
select group of people to compare ideas in a safe and respectful way.
On many occasions, this goal has not been achieved. On too many
occasions, the discussion has been distracted by arrogance and
hubris. These emotional reactions are expected because in many cases,
we are competing for the same prize - the prize of explaining and
applying the most important discovery of this century. But we are
handicapped by a limited understanding of the phenomenon and generally
by very little suitable training in the required general science. If
we were discussing an accepted phenomenon, the arguments we would be
allowed to make would be restrained by known laws. In the case of
LENR, people feel free to ignore even the most basic laws of nature.
Naturally, this approach generates outrage. Just how far from known
behavior and accepted understanding a theory is permitted to deviate
is an important question, but one that needs to be discussed with
civility. Even so, the problem goes deeper.
LENR is rejected by the people who determine when and how new ideas
are developed. Why is this the case? I suggest this rejection occurs
because the phenomenon involves a mixture of chemical and nuclear
behavior. Both kinds of understanding are required to explain and
apply the phenomenon. Most chemists have no training in nuclear
physics and most physicists have no training in chemistry.
Unfortunately, many physicists believe they understand all aspects of
Nature. Because physicists generally control technological
development of LENR, their collective opinions are important. I
suggest the general rejection of LENR is the result of this
combination of ignorance and arrogance, not because objective proof is
lacking and not because it is called "nuclear". Consequently, I see
no solution to the general rejection until a device having a
demonstrated level of commercial power has been achieved. Only then
will the claim be accepted even by people who insist the phenomenon
violates accepted theory. But, how can this goal be reached?
At the present time, success in making LENR work results from luck
because no method can be reproduced by everyone who makes the effort.
In fact, even people who can make heat most of the time, still cannot
control the process well enough for commercial application. Achieving
this control is prevented by ignorance of the controlling variables.
In other words, until the conditions required for the nuclear process
to occur are identified and controlled, reliable success will not be
possible. Understanding the nuclear process is not as important as
knowing the required conditions because once the required conditions
are created, the nuclear process occurs without further help. This
important and essential insight is generally ignored when a
theoretical understanding is attempted. Too many attempts either
propose impossible conditions to precede the nuclear process or ignore
the initiating conditions completely. I believe this failure to
properly identify the unique and required conditions is the major flaw
in the present theories. This understanding requires a knowledge of
chemistry, not nuclear physics. And so, my essay circles back to the
basic conflict that exists between how chemists and physicists
understand Nature. The LENR phenomenon has revealed this conflict and
the resulting limitations it imposes. Our job is to find ways to avoid
the conflict.
Ed Storms
On Mar 21, 2013, at 3:56 AM, Peter Gluck wrote:
Dear Friends,
The concept of COOPETITION is created for solving the
problems of LENR too. Internal hostility and fight is damaging
for the future of LENR. Impressed by some recent discussions
on forums that I have found as counterproductive, I wrote:
http://egooutpeters.blogspot.ro/2013/03/why-so-much-hostility-against-widom.html
Peter
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Dr. Peter Gluck
Cluj, Romania
http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
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