The worse part it is that he considers a written communication (e-mail) better than a phone or skype video conference. I think he forgot that the latter can be easily recorded and hardly faked whereas the former can be easily forged. Go figure.
2012/2/18 Andre Blum <andre_vor...@blums.nl> > > Judging from the latest thread at http://ecatnews.com/?p=2068, after just > a few days, Dick Smith already manages to irritate a lot of people at > ecatnews.com with his impatience and amateurism. > > His plan was clear: show me that it works, and I will give you $1M. > Defkalion accepts the offer, and they should be admired for doing so. But > instead of now allowing them to produce evidence, it looks like Smith will > continue his ranting about how much this looks like it is a scam. > Apparently he doesn't even have the patience to sit out his own show. > > What irritates me most, personally, is that, while he himself brought up > the necessity of having experts like Kullander and Essen present, he seems > to have forgotten about their relevance already, forgets to get them in the > loop and is now in personal negotiations with Defkalion about the test > plan, including calorimetry details, as if he were an expert. > > At this time, IMHO, Smith would do best in sitting back a bit, establish > contact with these experts he mentioned, or good alternatives, then agree > on a good schedule and give the other players some stage time. > > Initially I thought I envied Smith for coming up with a plan that would > make him come out as a winner no matter of the outcome of the > demonstration. But he is screwing up already by playing unfair, and now I > am not so certain he will come out undamaged. > > Andre > > > > > > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com
