On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The presence of heat in an experiment does not tell the experimenter what >> LENR really is or what its fundamental causation is. >> > Statistics will not tell you that either. The only way to learn that is > with material science. You have to look at the cathode before and after the > test with microscopes and mass spectroscopy. You have to characterize the > material the way the ENEA does. That's not statistical research. Not in the > same sense the "proof" of the Higgs boson was. > > You do not prove anything about cold fusion by performing the same test > over and over. The only reason people have to do many tests is because many > cathodes fail to work. That is like having to clone many cells before you > get one to grow into a sheep. One sheep is all you need to prove that you > have succeeded. The number of failed attempts has no statistical > significance and does nothing to establish the validity of your claim. In > contrast, the number of failed collisions in a test to find the Higgs boson > *is* significant. I believe the theory predicts the number of collisions > needed, and how many will fail. > > - Jed > >
