Jed, don't you think it is strange that the isotopic composition of the ash closely resembles what is commercially available. Also the ash is free of other elements that were present before the run. That would make sense if the ash came from a commercial source which didn't contain these elements.
This issue deserves prompt attention. Harry On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jed, it doesn't matter. If the ash is a fraud, Rossi is a fraud. Plain > and simple. I'm not interesting in debating the other aspects of the > experiment because of the complexities involved in calorimetry. > > There are no such complexities in the ash which makes the discussion very > straightforward. He either switched it out or he didn't. He's either a > liar or he isn't. It's pretty simple.. > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> I'm betting he's a fraud, simply because the probability of him doing >>> this is too incredible. What he's done is nothing short of miraculous. >>> >> >> It is more miraculous than what Fleischmann and Pons and several hundred >> other groups have done. Do you think they are all frauds? >> >> In any case, your hypothesis does not get a free pass. If you say this is >> fraud, and you want anyone here to take you seriously, you will have to >> suggest a plausible way in which Rossi could carry it out. I do not mean >> the isotope changes; I realize it is physically possible for someone to >> swap the samples by sleight of hand. I mean how would he fool the >> calorimetry for 32 days when he was not present, and when none of >> instruments belong to him? Is Rossi capable of changing the >> Stephan-Boltzmann law? Can he magically alter an IR camera? >> >> If you cannot present a plausible, step-by-step description of how he did >> this, you are assertion has no merit. You might was well say, "it was >> caused by invisible unicorns." >> >> >> >>> It is total inflection point in the progress of humanity and all that >>> we know. >>> >> >> That inflection point came on March 23, 1989. In the long view of >> history, Rossi is a minor incremental improvement to F&P. >> >> - Jed >> >> >
