>From Jed,
> I don't know what it is with people, pointing in triumph > to something that everyone knows, and no one disputes, as > if they are revealing some deep secret. I realize you are probably expressing this out of a sense of exasperation. What interests me is that when someone chooses to investigate controversial claims what are the personal biases they bring to what it is they choose to investigate. Krivit often strikes me as a cynical investigator. This was not meant to imply criticism pertaining to Krivit's investigative skills. It's simply a personal observation of mine. Krivit tends to give me the impression that where there is controversy, there is also likely to be deception going on somewhere. Again, possessing a cynical outlook is not necessarily a bad thing in terms of being an investigative reporter. I think it served Krivit particularly well when he was investigating the "bubblegate" saga. There is strong evidence to suggest the fact that Taleyarkhan got f*cked over royally by some of his peers and by some of his superiors. If it hadn't been for Krivit's tenacity to ask unpleasant questions it's quite possible few in the public domain would have ever discovered what was going on under the tattered veneer of what was supposed to have been a routine investigation into Taleyarkhan's professional research skills. But now we come to Rossi. Rossi is obviously quite eccentric. He has his flaws, as do we all. It would seem to me that perhaps eccentricity and cynicism may not mix very well. My two cents. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
