On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Andrew <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> That is precisely why I (and Duncan Cumming) are calling for a test >> whereby there is no power input for a decent amount of time. >> > > My understanding is that the Hot Cat will blow up if you do that. It is > not stable running in heat after death mode. > > That sounds more like an excuse, like when Rossi was asked how the ceramic could melt if its melting point is above that of nickel, he said it was proprietary. If 400W triggers the reaction, 1600 W should be able to keep it going. It's not as if the input power is modulated to control the reaction. There's no feedback or anything, so it sounds pretty implausible that shutting down the input would cause an explosion, and it's hard to see it stopping the reaction. > >> How do you know that the power meter was not selected by Levi and given >> to the group? >> > > It might have been selected by Levi, but I assume he is honest, and not > conspiring with Rossi. Actually, I assume he is sane. I am certain that if > it is fake, someone will soon find out, and Levi's reputation will be > destroyed. He knows that as well as I do. > The power meter was constrained in the first run by the fact that Rossi had the ecat already running before they got there, and by the fact that the output was proprietary. They wouldn't bother to change meters for the second run unless they suspected fraud, and there's no indication they did. Rossi is good at picking people who are not suspicious. > > Obviously, I also assume that Rossi is honest -- about his experimental > results, that is. > Assumptions of honesty are commonly made in science as a starting point. But no scientific revolution is going to depend on it for long. Mother Theresa could have made those measurements, and science would pay little attention if there was no way for them to be checked. > This is silly. No one has actually proposed a method of supplying enough > "secret electricity" to melt a cell. It cannot be done. You need to put > aside this nonsense. > > > No one has actually proposed a method of supplying enough power via cold fusion or whatever either. You need to put aside this nonsense.
