Re: A proposed letter to the yale Newspaper

2006-01-19 Thread RC Macaulay
Hi Ed,   There are certain truisms about the subject of Cold Fusion.   Scientific research and knowledge gained is cumulative by publishing results of failures and success of basic research.   Ever rising worldwide interest and continued research adds to the empirical data base toward furtheri

Re: A proposed letter to the Yale Newspaper

2006-01-19 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jan 19, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Edmund Storms wrote: Jed has suggested another letter to the Yale Newspaper and that several people have expressed an interest in signing such letter. I believe we have beat the reality of cold fusion to death and need to raise the issue to a new level. Ther

Re: CMNS: Re: A proposed letter to the Yale Newspaper

2006-01-19 Thread Edmund Storms
I have no objection to the letter being improved. However, I think a letter signed by a collection of Ph.D.s and other scientists would be more impressive than asking her attitude of a general letter. Without something new, of course she would say no. The "new" is the obvious general support

Re: CMNS: A proposed letter to the Yale Newspaper

2006-01-19 Thread Jed Rothwell
This is a good letter, but it does not directly address the issues raised by Kevles in her rebuttal, so the editor may not publish it. Typically, editors will not extend a debate when it seems to be expanding into new territory or veering off into unrelated subject matter. (Also, they do not li

A proposed letter to the Yale Newspaper

2006-01-19 Thread Edmund Storms
Jed has suggested another letter to the Yale Newspaper and that several people have expressed an interest in signing such letter. I believe we have beat the reality of cold fusion to death and need to raise the issue to a new level. Therefore, I have provided another letter and ask if anyone