I probably inferred too much by thinking that there are rumors about cold fusion circulating among a wider audience, ***I would hope there's a wider audience, such as among the decision makers at the X prize committee like Peter Diamandis. But I doubt it. There's a lack of true scientific thinking at that level; it becomes quite politically sensitive. I gave it a try, and it reflects back even on Vortex as "rumors".
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 10:12 PM, Kevin O'Malley <kevmol...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > ***What rumors are those? Is this the same X prize popularity contest >> that I submitted was exactly the same as my FQXI essay about the LENR >> incentive prize? >> > > I had in mind this quote from a link you shared [1] two days ago: > > After participating in a dramatic voting system that involved 3-D printed >> poker chips and glowsticks, the winner was declared: The Forbidden Energy >> XPrize for generating energy from an entirely new source, like cold fusion >> or zero point energy. > > > I probably inferred too much by thinking that there are rumors about cold > fusion circulating among a wider audience, although it's hard to imagine > the idea of generating energy from a new source arising spontaneously > without further context. So maybe my inference was ok. > > Eric > > > [1] > http://www.fastcoexist.com/3030775/thinking-big-is-the-easy-part-my-weekend-dreaming-up-the-next-xprize > >
