>From Stephen ...
> It's more likely that Levi is in on the gag than that > transmutation from nickel to copper produced "natural" > isotope ratios in the ash. The former merely requires > the assumption that a few humans are acting unusually > stupid (which happens frequently). The latter requires > something close to a miracle (and miracles are very rare). Stephen, why is it that when expected results (such as in this latest case, the predicted isotopic shifts don't materialize the way we assume they should) the suspicion of fraud, misinterpretation of the data, and/or collusion once again become the most likely explanations for you. >From what I have read there remains a lot of carefully measured heat that can't be explained chemically. Your apparent sudden capitulation would seem to imply that all that carefully measured heat must be "fraudulent" as well. I so, I suspect many would beg to differ with you on that point. Correct me if I have misinterpreted you, but associating theoretical expectations that suddenly don't pan out as a reason to suddenly invalidate the heat measurements, as you seem to be doing here, strikes me as a defensive tactic, to protect one's psyche from anticipated disappointment. For me, based on the fact that the heat measurements appear to be extremely accurate, the only logical conclusion that I can arrive it is the simple fact that we don't yet have a decent theory as to what is really happening. I can live with such mysteries... for now. A theoretical mystery... what fun! I can live with such mysteries because the heat measurements appear to be very accurate. For me, that's what's important. "Fire... Good! Fire is your friend!" Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
