On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 1:53 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote:
It is apparent that there is no amount of evidence which will convince the > pseudo skeptics that the recent tests are honest. They are so convinced > that LENR is fake that they assume there must be some form of trick > involved. > I think most of the people raising objections on Vortex to the recent E-Cat test are sincere and would just like certain of their concerns to be addressed. The testers should make a best effort to meet people with such concerns half-way. That will undercut the more far-fetched objections from the skeptical fringe. As implausible as some of the scenarios sound to me, there are reasonable people who will disagree. I do not see how tests of Rossi's device will accomplish anything for him if such steps are not taken. It is possible that he is intentionally aiming to provoke sincere observers in this way, but I find that similarly far-fetched. I assume that he is sincere in trying to arrange for independent tests; if this is the case, there are some additional steps that he can take to address potential flaws that have been identified. The question is how much of the gaussian curve of observers does he want to convince with his tests? I suspect the level of skepticism here on Vortex puts us in the 80th percentile of people willing to go along with him, in part because of what we've seen in connections entirely unrelated to Rossi's E-Cat. If Rossi wants to pick up the 50th percentile, he will have to work harder. I think it is possible to do so if he wishes to. Eric
