Steve Koonin's characterization of P&F as delusional didn't help either ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR-AohRWbBo
Harry On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Alain Sepeda <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > I'm continuing to read Excess heat and I fall on the story of the first > caltech conference. Chapter6 (4 press conference) > > Beaudette present it as a big manipulation of press, with Lewis behaving > in a very unscientific way, pretending his failure was an evidence, > claiming lack of stirring, without the least doubt expressed... finally > joking nastily on F&P... > > F&P argued on the stirring with evidence (colorant mixing shown) but it > was too late, and Lewis even caused a nearly lynching in a conference with > F&P... > > It seems that since then, media, journals and officials followed that > vision. LENR was forbidden in USA, but surviving abroad... (until US > influence won in most place)... > of course all was supported by a deep desire not to admit cold fusion, > lose dominance, and endanger funding, but the key event was that few press > conference were Lewis say he was sure, sure, and sure it was nothing. > > Beaudette explain that Lewis and his colleague were not important > scientist, except by that claim... > > I imagine you know that position. > Is is a vision that you share here? > > as you know, based on Taleb vision, history should be soon rewritten to > hide that academic tragedy. > One way could be to blame a scapegoat, and Lewis could be a good candidate > ... > > who is he today ? > would he be the useful idiot needed to save the community ? > >
