The issue of communicating information about cold fusion is compounded
by the digital environment in which "no communication is possible" a la
Jean Baudrillard and Bob Neveritt.
In no future world-line (that I can visualize) will the public be
reading science papers on lenr.org; I don't see many journalists reading
them either. They are for the few, the proud, the chosen,...
Despite the massive typing that goes on each day, "words" are not the
dominant form of communication. Words are too "puny" compared to the
huge networks that move data on a planetary-scale. It is "macroscopic
gesticulation".
We need images; pictures that describe; animations that explain.
We need to communicate the /reality/ of this energy-producing reaction,
and that it is safe and clean, through image.
Jed is right. There is a HUGE untapped mountain of support for this
technology. I am on the street talking to people about it on a regular
basis.
But the CF community is not communicating this science in a way that is
easily consumed, and the public, needs it to be easy, or .... that's it.
The popularity of WLT is IMHO not due to the actual process proposed,
but the way in which the authors presented their ideas using graphics
and easily consumed slides. It is simply easy-to-understand what they
are saying.
I ask, I beg, I beseech, anyone who has the ability, the capability, or
the skills, to begin making pictures, computer animations: start
modeling now.
I wish I did.
If you are a scientist or engineer, go to your local digital art
institute and propose a project for art students modeling scientific
processes. Go to your local university digital art department and
propose a collaboration project. Help artists learn what to model, and
we can have a communication tool that will go far beyond word-language.
"Communication of the new is a miracle, but not impossible." - Marshall
McLuhan.
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Ruby Carat
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