We're talking past each other. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and suggest that perhaps it's my fault. I am referring to eCat / Rossi.
I'm actually a big fan of LENR and the research done there. It is sad that it's being underfunded given all the AHE everyone is seeing and the opportunity that exists. Rossi, however, I am willing to bet is a dangerous fool that undermines the LENR community and its credibility. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > blaze spinnaker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> A clear ambiguity exists when it comes to cold fusion and whether or not >> it's true. >> > > Not if you believe in the scientific method. An effect that has been > replicated thousands of time in hundreds of laboratories at high signal to > noise ratios exists, by definition. There is no other standard of truth in > experimental science. > > Experiments, peer-review, replication and the other mechanisms of science > sometimes fail, but they would never fail on the scale necessary to make > cold fusion a mistake, or even questionable. You might as well expect that > every airline pilot in the sky will make a drastic mistake and crash every > airplane in a single day. People make mistakes and institutions fail, but > never on that scale. > > There are other standards in a court of law, or in the mass media. You > might take a poll of scientists, for example. But science is not a > popularity contest. It does not matter how many people believe something -- > or don't believe it. Facts are facts, even if no one believes them or knows > about them. Ohm's law was true before it was discovered, and it will remain > true after our species goes extinct. > > > If you can't see that, you're blind. >> > > I doubt you have read the experimental literature. I do not know any > scientifically literate person who has and yet who disagrees with me, > except Britz, Steve Jones and Shanahan. > > - Jed > >
