Charles Hope <lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com> wrote: There is no mathematical definition of fringe.
There is, however, a conventional definition of what constitutes mainstream science. It calls for professional scientists, replication, peer-review, a high s/n ratio and various other things. According to this definition, cold fusion is mainstream, not fringe. > A topic is fringe if the majority of scientists subjectively feel it is. That would be another definition of "fringe," as I said. - Jed
