Jed Rothwell wrote:
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
Make that two hundred years they have a back log including Plate
Tectonics, Junk DNA, etc.
Nature is never the first journal to come around. It prides itself on
being the last. If it gets in nature its deemed to be part of the
paradigm. As a consequence they will never catch up.
