This was all a tempest in a teapot! Good thing. I sent a message to the Wiley editor, pointing to Krivit's article, and apologizing for the misunderstanding.
Regarding Abd's comments, several potential authors told me that Krivit pulled this stunt of pretending you are not there. I mentioned McKubre. I witnessed another, a few others people told me. I did not ask Storms or Srinivasan. I don't see any point to sharing the names. It is enough to say that Krivit made a fool of himself in this manner, and if he had not acted like such an ass, I would have spoken to him or written to him first, rather than write to Wiley. I was not the only one to get the wrong impression from his announcement. I circulated a draft of that letter to several people at the conference, and they all agreed I should send it. If even one had expressed reservations or said, "I don't think Wiley is the publisher" I would not have sent it. Regarding the WL theory, as I have stated before, I have no opinion about this theory, or any theory, and I could not care less whether it is true or not. Some experts recently advised me that if the WL theory is correct, cold fusion would not technically be fusion, so as I said here, "score one for Krivit." I do not know what the ratio of helium to heat would be if this theory is correct. In any case, I am quite sure McKubre is not committing fraud, and Krivit's assertions about this are misunderstandings. I know practically nothing about theory, but I am pretty sure I know enough to see that Krivit knows even less than I know. For him to champion one theory or another is preposterous. It would be like me arguing about which vintage of French wine is better suited to foie gras. I don't even know what foie gras is, and all wines taste okay to me. (Mind you, I am very, very choosy about wine: I won't touch anything that costs more than $10 a bottle). It is rather annoying to see that Krivit was photographing people, including me, and uploading the photos without permission. I posted two message on this article, which I expect he will delete: 1. Ah. Then Wiley has not agreed to publish this textbook. That is a relief! When I tried to ask you about this textbook at the conference, you not only refused to talk to me, you refused to acknowledge my presence. When I tapped you on the shoulder you walked away. An extraordinary thing to do! If you had answered a few questions I might have asked you about Wiley, rather than writing to them. I hope that you can make amends with some of the researchers and produce a good textbook. I hope that you do not intend to write a textbook yourself, because you are not qualified. 2. Kindly remove my photo, if you would. I don’t like having photos of myself on the Internet. - Jed
