This is a form letter that is sent in response to any such question. If the physicist who was interviewed responded, that would be important.
Ed Jed Rothwell wrote: > Here is a hysterical message about Physics Today. Frankly I am surprised > Physics Today responded at all. Maybe they are feeling the heat? > > - Jed > > Below is the information submitted on Dec-2-104 17:5 EST > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > realname: Guy Richards > username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Telephone: 815-963-6340 > message: I read a recent editorial in "Physics Today" journal where the > editor was interviewing a physicist of some repute on what criteria he > would accept the LENR/cold fusion phenomenon as worthy of further research > and DOE funding. The physicist replied that if the LENR/cold fusion > community could demonstrate an input/output energy ratio of 1/10, 100% > repeatability and economic feasibility he would recommend going ahead. > > Since I found this hurdle to be artificially high I wrote a letter to the > editor asking him the following question: "How many hot fusion experiments, > trials or prototypes in the last 55 years after spending hundreds of > billions of dollars and using the best minds in the scientific community > had even claimed to have an energy ratio of even 1/1?" > > The reply I received from the editor is as follows:"The editors and staff > of Physics Today do not have time to answer questions like these. Thank > you for your interest in Physics Today." > > This just seemed to sum up the attitude of the physics community and I > thought it worth sharing. Closed minds, bad for science. > > Regards, > > Guy Richards
