Axil being anonymous is to me a major problem and a good reason why people should treat his theories with skepticism.
Why? simply because Axil does not loose anything if his outrageous theories are exposed. Normally, a person proposing a theory would have his reputation invested with the success of his theory. A person that is known would be careful in proposing theories he knows will not stand the test of science lest his credibility be smeared. This is not the case with Axil. And to me, that is a problem. Axil could be proposing useless "rabbit hole" ideas which would cause people to go down the wrong trail and waste time and resources and effort. All this wasted effort does not affect Axil personally, hence he is not at all motivated to be circumspect in his speculations. That is a danger. A famous LENR researcher once opined to me in a private email how he too would like to know who Axil really is. He was expressing the same concern as I am now; especially in the face of growing popularity of Axil's speculations. We could all be being lead down a useless rabbit hole. Remember Axil's eloquent theoritical explanation of the "propane Flat plate Heat Exchanger" device by a chinese fellow here in vortex. The chinese fellow claimed overunity and Axil followed suit with elaborate explanations of carbon nanoparticles causing LENR, etc. etc. Well, my friends, I tried to replicate that setup to no avail. The excess heat was plain old propane combustion. Sadly, I followed Axil and was led down a rabbit hole. I don't blame him, because such is the nature of experimentalism. But, it seems to me that people should from henceforth be more circumspect in giving too much credence to the ideas of an anonymous poster. Most of us, do not have the training or the knowledge to properly vet Axil's theories before we embark down that path; so it is critical that the person shares in the glory as well as in the failure of his ideas. Being anonymous does not allow that. I hope people can see why it is important for people to stake their reputation together with their theory, like Ed has done. And for that, I admire him greatly irregardless of whether his theory pans out or not. Jojo ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Kita To: vortex-l Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 4:44 AM Subject: [Vo]:JANAP 128..Kudos...the Axil Enigma Greetings Vortex, Not sure how many Vortex folks googled: Axil s email:JANAP128...hmmmmmm. Axil is an enigma. Kudos to him. I am a Villanova economist...not spoiled by Einstein dogma...and Scientific Theory. Grins, Ron Kita,Chiralex Doylestown PA.....a close friend of the late Gene Mallove. My other friend, Boyd Bushman, ex- Lockheed: Follow the data- theory be damned.
