I bet the Israelis could pull it off without word getting out.
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> if an extremely wealthy person such as Bill Gates believed that cold >>> fusion is real, he would be crazy no to invest in it. >>> >> >> Assuming he was not doing it for philanthropic purposes, wouldn't he be >> crazy to let anyone know he was investing in it? >> > > I would find out. People such as Ed Storms and McKubre would find out. It > is a small world. People are not going to do research without word getting > out. I may not know where the money is coming from, but if someone starts > spending millions per year on cold fusion, they will have to hire grad > students and consult with people, and word will get out. > > If you are a billionaire but you are only going to spend tens of thousands > instead of millions, I might not hear about it. An investor who does not > spend millions is wasting his money. If we could get somewhere with > shoestring budgets, we would have made progress years ago. If someone asked > me "what kind of research can I do with $50,000?" I would say go to the > racetrack and bet the money. You will have more chance of making a profit > than you would putting the money in cold fusion. > > - Jed > >
