Perhaps I misread the intentions of some of the skeptics on this list. The thin straws that they grab for makes me suspect that they are playing a game. If I am mistaken, I hope that they accept by apology.
If the skeptics among us are merely seeking possible measurement errors that occurred during the recent test, then they deserve a best counter explanation available. Any serious discussion of fraud on the part of the test participants is not productive. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, May 26, 2013 5:06 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Popular Science- May 2013 Rossi with a PS "barb" 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
