Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> People just want to be sure and not fall into a trap by an Amazing > Randi-type character. > The Amazing Randi himself is a dolt who does not understand the first thing about experiments and could not possibly set up an fake test that fool a scientist or an engineer for five minutes. I have had enough e-mail exchanges with him to confirm this. Doing sleight of hand stage magic to fool the human eye different from setting up equipment than can fool commercial-grade off-the-shelf instruments. > But what you're asking for here [a self-sustaining demo] is a significant > technological accomplishment; even giving Rossi the benefit of the doubt > (as I do), it is not clear that this is something that would be achievable > without a significant development period. > That is correct. > The one thing that is unclear to me at this point is why Rossi would even > provide a public demonstration. > I am sure he has his reasons. - Jed
