Jed
There are open conspiracies -
H.G. Wells was one of the most influential visionaries of the early
twentieth century. His many books, both fiction and non-fiction,
inspired multitudes of men and women who, like Wells, looked to a “World
State” as the savior of humanity. Although he wrote often of an
international order, Mr. Wells’ optimism for the future waned due to the
destruction of World War II. Nevertheless, his desire for an “Open
Conspiracy” – a movement of organizations and people seeking the
establishment of a world collective – was forefront in his thinking.
https://www.forcingchange.org/open-conspiracy/
------ Original Message ------
From: "Jed Rothwell" <jedrothw...@gmail.com>
To: "Vortex" <vortex-l@eskimo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 22 Jun, 22 At 14:48
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Bearden dead and cheniere.org gone
ROGER ANDERTON <r.j.ander...@btinternet.com
<mailto:r.j.ander...@btinternet.com> > wrote:
This is getting too diverted. What you were saying sounded like a
conspiracy theory.
Perhaps it did sound like that, but it was not. Because --
1. A conspiracy is organized and surreptitious. The opposition to cold
fusion was unorganized and very much in the open. Opponents published
books, papers, newspaper editorials, editorials in Nature and so on.
They were proud to lead the attack against cold fusion.
2. It is not a "theory;" it is a fact. You can read the books and
editorials. A "conspiracy theory" means an assertion that a hidden group
of people carried out an organized campaign of opposition. There is no
proof, and you don't know who the people are. Although you might
speculate about who they are. If I had said: "we don't know who opposed
cold fusion, but I suspect it was the editors at Nature and the plasma
fusion researchers" that would be a theory. I am not saying that. I am
saying: "we know who opposed cold fusion, because the editor at Nature
published signed editorials excoriating it, and the plasma fusion
researchers at MIT called Boston newspaper reporters and demanded that
Fleischmann and Pons be arrested for fraud." Those researchers never
denied doing that. We have the news reports and quotes from them.
There is a world of difference between an unsubstantiated conspiracy
theory and attacks carried out in public by people who bragged about
their role in destroying cold fusion. Calling that a "theory" is like
saying "perhaps it was the Japanese navy that attacked Pearl Harbor in
1941, but we will never know for sure."
