Kevin O'Malley <[email protected]> quotes someone (I think): > It seems then that there have been important modifications made to the > test setup in the current regimen, and one would expect the testers will > have, as far is reasonably possible, eliminated the possibility for people > to make accusations that the E-Cat is receiving some kind of hidden power > source. > This is what I have heard. As I mentioned the other day, the only weakness in the previous test was in input power measurement. Levi et al. told me and others they would improve that.
I did not think it was a serious problem but any measurement can be improved. It sure is taking a long time, isn't it? They have no sense of urgency. But my question here is, regardless of how careful the testers are — is it > possible to create a really bulletproof test that will silence the critics? > No, it is not possible. Look at the history of aviation and other innovations and you will see this is impossible. It is a futile waste of time. As late as 1912 aviators in the U.S. who showed in small cities with airplanes in packing crates were arrested, beaten up, and driven out of town because people thought it was impossible to fly. They assumed the aviators were con-men. This was after Congress gave the Wrights gold medals. The newspapers were full of stories of aviation back then, but many people assumed the stories were a gigantic hoax designed to sell newspapers. They resembled people today who assume the moon landings were faked, 9/11 was a conspiracy, global warming is fake and so on. Such people can never be persuaded. It is a waste of time trying to persuade them. The tests will fail to move no-nothing, ignorant people. They will also fail to persuade anyone at the DoE, Scientific American, the APS, the Washington Post or Wikipedia. Those people have gone too far in opposition. They cannot turn back. Nothing short of worldwide commercial sales of millions of units will persuade them. However, a good test from ELFORSK will persuade many sensible people. It will bring money into the field. It will be a tremendous help. It will do a lot of good. That fact that it will not persuade the so-called "skeptics" is unimportant. We do not need to persuade them. We should ignore them. We let them set the agenda far too long. - Jed
