In ruling out d+d fusion due to a lack of neutrons, our expert has placed theory above evidence. ***That's what many experts do, and it is what they did.
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >
