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wait a little. 2014-10-03 2:16 GMT+02:00 Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>: > Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > > >> John – if COP of 6-10 is seen over an extended time period, much of the >> mainstream physics community will go into full apoplectic and anaphylactic >> shock. It may never recover from the embarrassment. >> > > I do not think the COP will make any difference. I do not think this > report will have any effect on the scientific establishment, unless it is > published in Nature. I am pretty sure it will not be in Nature! > > However, I think it may have a positive impact. It may shake loose more > funding for the research. Funding is what we need most at this stage. Even > more than recognition. Of course, with recognition would come funding, but > also opposition which we do not need. > > If word gets out that cold fusion is now attracting tens of millions in > research funding, then most of the academic opposition will vanish > overnight. Researchers everywhere will be applying for grants to study it. > As Stan Szpak says, "scientists believe whatever you pay them to believe." > > - Jed > >