Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <a...@lomaxdesign.com> wrote:
> If Vyosotski's work can't be replicated, okay, maybe he made some mistakes. > Science advances through mistakes. But I don't see any sign that anyone has > tried to replicate him. > Of course no has tried to replicate him! If you are serious, you are more naive than I thought. It would be career suicide for a professional scientist to suggest a replication, or even talk about this work. I do not suppose that professional scientists spend their lives looking over their shoulders, worried about public opinion, or what Robert Park may say about them. That's an exaggeration. On the other hand, anyone who has gotten as far as graduate school will know about academic politics, and will know there are some lines you do not cross. Cold fusion is over that line, and Vyosotski is wa-a-a-y past cold fusion, even farther over that line. For a scientist to discuss it would be like a U.S. politician going out on weekends on WWII reenactments dressed as a member of the Waffen-SS, like this nitwit did: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/10/15/definition-of-a-bad-political-photo-op-rich-iotts-nazi-reenactment/ - Jed
