Lennart Thornros <[email protected]> wrote: In my experience the 'truth' about LENR cannot be told to any group. One > need to convince one at a time. >
Yes. For the reasons described by James Bowery: because human nature and education prevent "the vast majority of the population from any possibility of recognizing the reality of LENR . . ." Finding supporters is like like looking for a needle in a haystack. That is the way it has always been, and probably always will be. There is no point to complaining about it, or wishing it were otherwise. We have to take people as they are. We have start with society as it is and change the trajectory of things a little. As Margaret Mead put it: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Because potential supporters are few and far between, there is no point to going out and proselytizing to individuals, or writing letters. You have make the information available on the Internet and then hope that people will read what you have to say instead of reading Wikipedia or the *Scientific American*. A few people will. People download 4,000 to 8,000 papers a week from LENR-CANR.org, depending on the time of year and the academic schedule at universities. I tend to see this problem as rooted in our primate nature. We are afraid of novelty, for good reason. Machiavelli described the problem in terms of society (which is another way of looking what I call "primate nature"): "It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new. This coolness arises partly from fear of the opponents, who have the laws on their side, and partly from the incredulity of men, who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them." - Jed
