Just to reiterate, Stephen A. Lawrence <sa...@pobox.com> wrote:
> Rossi is citing actual, bona fide authorities in the relevant field such as >> Dr. Galantini. That is a legitimate thing to do ... >> > > Not with a complete lack of cited data, not in any scientific forum. Rossi made it very clear to me that this *would not be* a scientific forum. That is why I stayed home. It was a journalistic forum. The ground rules are different. Perhaps Rossi did not make that clear to Krivit. Before you get on an airplane to visit someone, I recommend you discuss the agenda. Naturally there are gradations here. A science journalist can legitimately demand more explanations and more hard data information than a generalist reporter who has never heard of "wet steam" or a "thermocouple." As I said in the first message, it was reasonable for Krivit to ask for more data from Levi. Unfortunately, it seems he asked in a manner that Levi found insulting, or at least undiplomatic. I have spent a lot of time trying to pry papers out of researchers, in order to upload them to LENR-CANR.org. It is fine art. I have often failed to get the professor to cough up anything. - Jed
