Of course it should include Pons since it is quite likely that without Pons, Fleischmann would never have performed the critical experiment that resulted in the laboratory aparatus melt-down of 1984.
Having said that, I have to reiterate though I agree with Danny's valuation of the phrase "Cold Fusion" as a colloquialism, I still must emphasize the importance of using the technical name "Fleischmann Pons Phenomenon" or FPP for reasons I have previously outlined<http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg84740.html>. Moreover, I object to substituting "effect" for "phenomenon" due to the relatively prejudicial nature of the word "effect". On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 5:42 AM, Vorl Bek <vorl....@antichef.com> wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 02:18:43 -0700 (PDT) > Danny Ross Lunsford <antimatte...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > We should keep calling it cold fusion, and make a barbed point of it, in > honor of Fleischmann, who admittedly hated the term. Why? To stick it to > the people who hounded him and smirched his reputation. Cold fusion > yesterday, today, and forever! Fly the flag! > > Shouldn't it be done in honor of Pons as well? Fleischmann is dead > and beyond caring, but Pons is alive, so is still, presumably, > suffering from being hounded and besmirched. > >
