RE: [Vo]: Yet another Wikipedia use of CF in a bad light...

2010-01-05 Thread Mark Iverson
o: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Yet another Wikipedia use of CF in a bad light... At 08:41 AM 1/5/2010, you wrote: Wikipedia's use of CF as an example for 'science by concensus' and 'burden of proof'... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof About 4/5

Re: [Vo]: Yet another Wikipedia use of CF in a bad light...

2010-01-05 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Stephen: > The "theory of cold fusion" would be a theory explaining > how such nuclei join, not simply the assertion that they do > join. The assertion that fusion happens at room temperature > is a simple binary statement, and is either true or false; > it's quite different from what is me

Re: [Vo]: Yet another Wikipedia use of CF in a bad light...

2010-01-05 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 01/05/2010 04:57 PM, Steven Krivit wrote: > At 08:41 AM 1/5/2010, you wrote: >> Wikipedia's use of CF as an example for 'science by concensus' and >> 'burden of proof'... >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof >> About 4/5s the way down the page. >> >> "Examples in science >> >> As

Re: [Vo]: Yet another Wikipedia use of CF in a bad light...

2010-01-05 Thread Steven Krivit
At 08:41 AM 1/5/2010, you wrote: Wikipedia's use of CF as an example for 'science by concensus' and 'burden of proof'... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof About 4/5s the way down the page. "Examples in science As a general rule, the less coherent and less embedded within convention

Re: [Vo]: Yet another Wikipedia use of CF in a bad light...

2010-01-05 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Mark Iverson wrote: > Wikipedia's use of CF as an example for 'science by concensus' and 'burden of > proof'... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof > About 4/5s the way down the page. > > "Examples in science > > As a general rule, the less coherent a

[Vo]: Yet another Wikipedia use of CF in a bad light...

2010-01-05 Thread Mark Iverson
Wikipedia's use of CF as an example for 'science by concensus' and 'burden of proof'... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof About 4/5s the way down the page. "Examples in science As a general rule, the less coherent and less embedded within conventional knowledge a claim appears, the