The thing about a successful hoax, Terry, is that it is the investigating scientists who are fooled. Nobody is suggesting the sort of grand conspiracy you mention. Unfortunately, the door is left wide open for speculations of bamboozlement, because precautions against them are not discussed in the paper. It would have behoved the august scientists of Sweden and Italy to have closed the door on such possibilities, both in terms of convincing themselves, and proclaiming such explicitly in their paper. Perhaps good taste forbad them from appearing to be exercising "bad manners" towards their host and his apparatus. Or perhaps the possibility that they were being taken for a ride simply did not occur to them at a level of sophistication sufficient to warrant closer inspection. We cannot know unless we interview them personally. I note your temerity about this topic.
Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Blanton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem > Personally, I would avoid any implication that these scientists nor > their institutions are implicit in a hoax. > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> What do you think of my hoax theories? >> >> Well, when I look for a hoax, I also ask myself "Where is the benefit?" >
