Jed sez: > The Google Alerts program brought me the following link: > > http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051024/full/4371224a.html > > I am not a subscriber to nature.com, so I do not know what > the article says, but Google brought me a partial quote: > > "Physics: Far from the frontier > > Nature.com (subscription) - London,England,UK > > ... problem with reports of tabletop fusion is that for most > scientists they evoke memories of the notorious, and now largely > discredited, 'cold fusion' claim made ... " > > Note that it says: "now largely discredited . . ." Perhaps it > is my imagination, but I detect a slight change in emphasis. > Unfortunately, at this rate it will take a hundred years for > Nature to admit its mistake. > > - Jed
It reminds me of the revision done in the inter-galactic encyclopedia in DA's Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where Earth's status had been recently reclassified from "Harmless" to "Mostly harmless." Arthur Dent wasn't impressed with the revision. ...and neither am I impressed with Nature's latest revision. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com
