Chris Zell wrote: "rather depressing"? "somewhat worse"? > > To have cold fusion around for this many years, amidst the internet and > globalization, and still be unacknowledged goes a bit beyond somewhat worse. >
Good point! I guess that was an understatement. As I said, we are at a low ebb. Maybe a low-low-ebb. Like if this were a war, it would be the Hundred Years War. I guess this goes to show that for the purposes of disseminating scientific information and establishing the truth, the Internet is no better than old fashioned journals and snail-mail. When I read biographies of 19th century scientists, I get that impression. Information seemed to spread as rapidly and accurately then as now. Martin Fleischmann says the late 19th century back issue of Nature are a gold mine of unexplored, substantive discoveries. I doubt anyone will say that about the last 50 years worth. - Jed
