On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:38 AM, Joshua Cude <[email protected]>wrote: > > That's not the opinion of the majority of observers of the case. Deception >> on this scale -- frauds and scams -- are utterly common. Scientific >> revolutions like this are very rare, especially from someone like Rossi. >> > > Perhaps. But I think we should refrain from speaking on behalf of most > observers (or scientists, or physicists) until a systematic poll is carried > out. > > > That's not necessary. A lot of people have seen these claims now. If a majority of observers felt that the "likely explanation at this point is that there's could be some new science to be worked out", there would be an epidemic growth of interest; a stampede like in 1989, to mix the metaphor. That has not happened.
