I have watched the Voyager show many times and it deals with various scientific topics in a serious way. It is a respected show. If the e-cat featured on Voyager, it would be a good thing not a bad thing.
I'm still not convinced about Passerini's "inside italian joke" u-turn. But anyway, no proof either way, until Passerini cares to explain! On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Giovanni Santostasi <gsantost...@gmail.com>wrote: > Here a typical episode about UFO sightings in the '70. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbLJRMOaCA&feature=related > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Akira Shirakawa < > shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 2012-01-29 22:43, Patrick Ellul wrote: >> >>> I really doubt that it was a joke. I understand italian and italian >>> culture very well. And he was talking very seriously. he mentioned >>> videos. and posted twice about it. So if it was a joke, it needs >>> explanation. Otherwise maybe he found out that the bad news he had was >>> not true, and is now claiming he was joking earlier. >>> >> >> I probably used the wrong term: not really a joke, but something that >> only the Italian audience would understand. I think (but I'm not sure) >> Daniele was referring to the chance that the E-Cat (and cold fusion in >> general) might be discussed on a local TV show called "Voyager" [1][2] >> which investigates conspiracies, paranormal activities, UFOs, mysteries, >> etc. >> >> As far as I understand this show deals with the subjects treated with >> excessive credulity and almost total lack of skepticism in a sort of >> flamboyant style, and for this reason it is often ridiculed and parodied >> [3] by the rest of the media and not taken very seriously by them and the >> informed public. >> >> So, if footage of the E-Cat and people involved with it or LENR and cold >> fusion in general were to appear in this show, both them and their >> supporters would be mocked up by skeptics for some time; just in Italy, >> however. >> >> Anyway, this is just my speculation and educated guess by reading other >> related comments on that site, I'm not sure if it's really what he was >> referring about. It might as well been tongue-in-cheek that I didn't get. >> >> [1] >> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Voyager_%28programma_**televisivo%29<http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_%28programma_televisivo%29> >> [2] http://www.voyager.rai.it/ >> [3] >> http://www.youtube.com/**results?search_query=kazzenger<http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kazzenger> >> >> Cheers, >> S.A. >> >> > -- Patrick www.tRacePerfect.com The daily puzzle everyone can finish but not everyone can perfect! The quickest puzzle ever!
