On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Kevin O'Malley <kevmol...@gmail.com>wrote:
> While the type of nuclear reactions resulting in the observed tritium is
> as yet unknown, cold fusion of deuterium atoms in the Pd lattice has to be
> ruled out due to the observation of a very small neutron signal.12
>
> Basically, experts are pretty lazy, they'll read the intro and conclusion
> and if it sounds good, they'll read the rest. A sentence like that stops
> them dead in their tracks.
>
That would be a silly thing to do. The expert is no doubt thinking that any
d+d fusion, if present, would entail 50 percent d+dā3He+n reactions,
producing a large and dangerous neutron flux. In this instance the expert
has failed to think laterally and is not aware of this possibility, to give
one example:
d+d+Pd ā 4He+Pd
In ruling out d+d fusion due to a lack of neutrons, our expert has placed
theory above evidence. What he or she should do before ruling d+d fusion
out is look closely at the levels of helium over time.
Eric
