From: Jed Rothwell > I believe tax evasion is the national pastime in Italy….
And that makes it ok? Heck, just blame the prosecutor… somebody had it in for him, right? The point is that Rossi cheated when a lot of money was at stake. Not once, but many times. Would he do it again with scientific data, if lots of money was at stake? The important thing which matters to many scientists who are trying to understand this very important reaction, is that it is extremely likely that Rossi deliberately added a pure isotope to the ash of the Lugano testing. His motive for that is not clear, but someone did it (with the same probability of a DNA match). I’m sure his many supporters rationalize a way for Rossi to avoid blame for that as well…. after all, he doesn’t owe anyone a duty to provide honest data, so why not cheat?
