Russ George <russ.geo...@gmail.com> wrote: What part of my qualifying word about Rossi’s test “as openly” did you not > understand. >
I understand perfectly, but I disagree. He has not been very open. He has repeatedly withheld critical details. He has refused to answer questions, or to allow qualified people to attend his demonstrations. Other researchers have been more open than this. As I said, he has no obligation to be open. No one could object if he kept everything secret. But, if you are going to be open, and you wish to establish credibility, I think you should be more forthcoming than he has been. Assuming the machine works as claimed, it would not be difficult to do a definitive test with many qualified witnesses. Of course it might not work on the day you try to do a test. In that case, you try again some other day. I do not see the point of doing a demonstration if you do not wish to establish credibility. I think you should either do a good job, or do nothing. > I see no complaints about Rossi’s work coming from those who have a > history of work at the lab bench as opposed to the keyboards. > Many professional and academic scientists in this field have complained about Rossi. Most of them have the same objections I do: the tests are often sloppy and poorly documented. > I am all for an open society, let’s begin with the revelation of all > computer code everywhere. > Open source code is very popular these days. Rossi is engaged in commercial development, so obviously he cannot reveal technical details before he files a patent application. However, there is no need to reveal such details. IBM, Intel and many other companies demonstrate products in a convincing fashion without revealing technical details. Rossi could easily convince expert observers by doing good calorimetry with a black-box device. Many people have urged him to do that, but he refuses. McKubre speculates that Rossi does not want to establish credibility. He wants there to be a margin of doubt about his work, to reduce competition. Perhaps that is true. I wouldn't know, and I will not speculate about the reasons. But I am sure this is deliberate. Rossi told me repeatedly that he will not allow "tests" but only demonstrations. He told me he will do nothing to improve the calorimetry. Many qualified people have recommended improvements. He categorically refused to consider these suggestions. Again, let me reaffirm that he has every right to do things his way, and to refuse advice, but his credibility suffers because of it. I am talking about the calorimetry in his public demonstrations. I have no knowledge of the calorimetry in his lab or in the 1-year test. - Jed
