You may personally not want to make this important distinction, but "cold fusion" obviously refers to fusion, most notably with deuterium - and this is only a fraction of what can be covered by LENR. The term "cold fusion" should be dropped for all references to NiH - unless and until there is arguable evidence of fusion. There is none.
Celani does not claim fusion, and "cold fusion" even as a non-specific
generality, is unlikely to be relevant to his work - nor to these results
from MFM/Quantum.
In contrast to "what's in name" the more relevant cliché of the moment is
"nomen est numen".
It is a mistake to be sticking with "nomen nudum" ... even when it is from a
POV of nostalgia. "Cold fusion" only makes the NiH field look less
scientific, even tainted to some degree.
Jones
From: Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote:
BTW - has Celani ever claimed "cold fusion" ? News to me if
he has.
I believe he has, but in any case, that is what I call all
unexplained non-chemical heat anomalies in hydrides and deuterides. Whether
they are all actually the same effect or not is no concern of mine. The
effect is also known as LENR, CANR and by various other names. They are all
the same thing until proven otherwise. Anyway, as another Italian put it:
"What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet . . ."
- Jed
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