I think this may have happened to DGT.
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:07 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:03:59 -0600: > Hi, > [snip] > >But Robin, how do you tell what is real and what is embellished? > > You can't. You can only guess. > > >He > >detected Cu in his material and assumed it resulted from > >transmutation. Now we know that it probably resulted from chemical > >transport from the container. Nevertheless, a huge amount of > >discussion was based on this conclusion without any facts being > >available. People ignored the normal isotopic ratio. They suggested > >no method to overcome the huge Coulomb barrier and the resulting ~6 > >MeV of energy that would be expected to be released as gamma > >emission. What purpose is served by discussing incorrect conclusions > >using incomplete ideas? > > > >Ed Storms > > ...because collectively we may come up with something that does work, even > if it > turns out that it's not what Rossi has. > > It reminds me of that story that was previously posted about the > anti-gravity > machine. As long as it's assumed to be possible, people will work on a way > of > achieving it, and eventually someone may succeed, even if the original > device > was a fake. > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
