Jed and Craig, It's interesting that you both want the mainstream media to pay attention to cold fusion yet you complain when we don't write *exactly* as you think we should write.
You complain endlessly about "sloppy journalism" and how the theories of cold fusion aren't clearly laid out (as you think they should be) for the average reader who you obviously look down upon (Craig tellingly dismisses them as "establishment goons" ... an ad hominem attack if ever there was one) yet you're perpetually angry at the lack of attention and funding for cold fusion! Talk about shooting yourselves in the foot. [mg] On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Craig Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Gibbs should cease writing about cold fusion and stick to writing about > USB flash drives or whatever other tech stories are appealing to his > readership of establishment goons. His bias and regular omission of the > facts clearly comes through in the tone and content of his articles. It's a > wonder Randi or Bob Park haven't offered him a job as chief spin-doctor. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Vo]:Gibbs article is annoying > From: Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, August 06, 2012 10:23 am > To: [email protected] > > The most recent Gibbs article is here: > > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2012/08/04/the-state-of-the-cold-fusion-market/ > > I find this annoying. He writes: > > "So, is cold fusion real? Well, from the thousands of experiments > performed over the last few decades it seems that there are various > reactions that output more energy than is put into them but whether these > effects can be scaled up into devices that output a significant amount of > energy and operate reliably still isn’t clear." > > This response does not answer the question! Gibbs asks "Is cold fusion > real" and then -- instead of answering that -- he talks about "whether > these efforts can be scaled up." "Real" and "scalable" are two different > things. No one disputes that muon catalyzed fusion is real, but it cannot > be scaled up. Tokama plasma fusion is real but it cannot be scaled *down*. > > This is sloppy. Ask a question and then answer it. Do not answer another > question. > > The answer is: Yes, cold fusion is real, because it has been replicated in > hundreds of major laboratories, and these replications have been published > in carefully vetted, top-of-the-line peer reviewed journals. That is the > definition of "real" in experimental science. There is no other criterion > for being real. Whether it is scaled up or commercialized has no bearing on > that question. To answer this, Gibbs should cite the journals. > > If you are asking: "can cold fusion be scaled up?" the answer is: "we > don't know yet. It seems Rossi has scaled up but there is no independent > proof yet." > > - Jed > >
