On Wed, 3 Jun 2009, Edmund Storms wrote: > As I said in my talk at Univ. of Missouri, "skeptics have to believe > that everyone studying cold fusion makes mistakes that are only > visible to a skeptic". Shanahan proves this point very nicely. The > attitude comes from an excessive ego without any compensating > humility.
I had a large insight into my own psychology, and theirs. My "inner bigot" tells me exactly what's going on: CF-haters respond to CF supporters in the same way that racists respond to non-whites: with intolerance, with very strong feelings of superiority, and with buried hatred. It's definitely an ego thing, but it seems to better fit the mold of "race hatred." A bigot wouldn't think to trust the science done by racial "inferiors." CF supporters are the inferior types; the outsiders to the group of proper scientists. Hmmmmm. All these dirty ignorant cold fusion supporters are moving into their (physics) community, joining their country club. Something must be done! The phenomenon of xenophobic hatred certainly runs deep in human psychology. Very possibly it's triggered whenever orthodox practitioners encounter a heretic researcher. I think it could explain a lot. (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
