On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 12:52 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote:
As a skeptic I demand that another independent group of scientists > replicate the results. How do we know that the input power required to > run the lasers is accurately measured? The list of possible errors is a > mile long for an experiment this complicated. > The important point that I think we've missed is that the scientists carrying out this research are *qualified* scientists. For this kind of scientist, independent replication is not necessary, because they have sufficient skill to carry out an experiment whose results one can trust. About the recent milestone, if I may be allowed to move the goalposts a little: now the challenge is to get continuous OU operation, producing enough energy to recuperate the investment in hardware and people operating the system. Eric
