Another hypothetical conversation in room C1 (This version is probably even less likely, but what the hey! I'm speculate'n here!)
* * * * * AUDIENCE PARTICIPANT: Dr. Park, what are your thoughts on Rossi's "Cold Fusion" device? DR. PARK: There isn't much I can say on the subject AP: But... but... but why haven't you come out and exposed it for what it is! The device is after all just another "cold fusion" contraption, isn't it? Isn't it just another perfect example of voodoo science praying on the naive minds of wishful thinkers? DP: Actually, I wouldn't currently call this voodoo science. The device is currently being independently tested at the physics department of the University of Bologna, Italy, as we speak. AP: But, but, but Rossi's device is just another COLD FUSION device! We all know COLD FUSION was dismissed back in 1989! DP: Actually, it's my understanding that Rossi has never claimed that their device is based on the principals of COLD FUSION. According to Rossi the device generates heat as a result of what he calls not well understood nuclear interactions. Now, if you feel a little skeptical about such an interpretation, well, rest assured, it sounds highly fishy to me too. It's just an outrageous claim! More likely: Did Rossi make a mistake? Or is he trying to scam us? To be honest, I simply don't know. While I suspect Rossi made a mistake, at present, I don't have enough information at my fingertips to make a correct assessment. Hopefully, the physics department in Bologna will be more revealing as to what those alleged little understood nuclear interactions might be, or not be. AP: But, Dr. Park, surely you have an informed opinion on the matter. I find it absolutely bizarre that Rossi's device continues to remain unexposed! How long will it take before it's exposed as just another botched experiment, or perhaps even a scam. DP: Every bone in my body is telling me the fact that this device cannot be for real. It violates a century's worth of accumulated quantum mechanical laws so badly that it's pathetic. Nevertheless, regardless of whether I think it's pathetic or not, it's continues to be an interesting on-going event, one that I continue to watch closely. It deserves rigorous scientific scrutiny, the kind of scrutiny that is presumably going on right now in a physics lab at the University of Bologna, Italy. To be honest, I wish such research was being performed here, at a physics lab located somewhere in the United States. But for now, Bologna, Italy will have to do. AP: How confident are you as to the capabilities of the Bologna physics department coming to the correct conclusion? DP: Let's first see what Bologna has to say on the matter, and what they back their conclusions up with. I'll reserve personal judgment until then. * * * * * And with that final installment, I think I've beaten this horse to death enuf times. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
