----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton Santilli claims to base his experiments on Borghi's papers:
http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0608229.pdf Hmmm... Interesting that Santilli cites Mills, saying "It should be noted that new bound states of protons and electron below the Bohr's ground state of the hydrogen have been predicted by various authors (e.g. Mills) and appear to be necessary in any case for a serious interpretation of the Sun spectral emission..." END of quote Yet, Santilli then proceeds to generally ignore this possibility, which is close to the correct solution IMHO- in favor of what appears to be his own "hadron mechanics" and/or "magnecules" which is in some ways another name for the same species as Mills proposes but with less validation. It is easy to see why Santilli does this, since some of his writings preceded Mills with the general idea (but lacking the Rydberg connection, and lacking adequate experiment)... and thus he was ignored; but at that time, RS was an abysmal communicator of ideas - almost incomprehensible in writing style. After Mills started getting published in "Fusion Technology" and other prestigious journals, Santilli was infuriated that he did not get credit (or funding)...(which is not to say that Mills has been broadly accepted either). RS probably deserves credit, in a perfect world - if an when he has reproducible experiments. This is the value of hiring a decent technical writer. Clearly, it is not enough to be first with an idea (if it exists primarily in your own mind). You must be able to communicate that idea to others and encourage them to replicate. Santilli has learned to drop most of the pomposity and impenetrable writing style - and to communicate with others as peers, but his bitterness at being ignored for all those years has left him as alienated as was Don Borghi. BTW - has Santilli had any major experiment of his competently replicated?
