At 05:33 PM 2/20/2013, Mark Gibbs wrote:
And here we come back again to the question of what is this thing
that's called "LENR"? Let's call lab stuff such as Cellini's work
and whatever Rossi and Defkalion are doing, "experiments." So:
1. There is claimed to be anomalous heat generation in some experiments
2. The experiments are not reliably repeatable
3. To date there is no theory that has been tested that explains the
anomalous heat generation
Is that a fair summary?
Keeping the wording as simple as possible:
1. There is anomalous heat generation in most experiments which
follow the "Craven and Letts" (and/or Storms) criteria
2A. Experiments for a particular batch by a particular experimenter
have improved from "some cells show excess heat", to "most cells show
excess heat" and recently, to "all cells show excess heat".
2B The excess heat can range from barely detectable to
equipment-destroying explosions
2C. There has not yet been reliable replication of the exact same
configuration of one experiment by a different experimenter.
3A To date there is no theory that has been tested that explains the
anomalous heat generation
3B Scientific method dictates that experiment trumps theory
If you must weasel-word it with "claims" , put it as an overall
disclaimer, not for each and every aspect.
