Re: A response in the Harvard Crimson

[Steven Krivit]

Jed,

One more thing I forgot to mention. I had a very pleasant chat with Chase 
Peterson yesterday. We were just talking about some of the old days of cold 
fusion for him.

Peterson sees the picture quite clearly: The "cold fusion episode" is much 
bigger than cold fusion. It is about major issues in the philosophy of 
science and how the world of science currently responds to new ideas.

I think sometimes when we see unscientific responses like that published in 
the Crimson, that we often forget how big this subject really is, and 
perhaps the reasonable,   monumental effort which is and will be required 
to bring about a transformation in understanding.

One brick at a time...

s