I meant to say it has NEVER crossed Huizenga's mind that cold fusion might be real. That's what he told me. That's what his book says. I have asked him, Park and other leading skeptics, and they say they were certain from the first moment they heard about cold fusion that it must be fraud and lunacy, and nothing they have heard subsequently has given them any reason to reconsider or doubt their initial conclusion.
Bear in mind, these people have no reason to lie to me. They don't care what I think. They are not trying to impress me. They know that I have no influence. They tell me that I am a propeller-head lunatic true believer who forges fake scientific papers. So they don't care about my feelings or what I think. Thus, we have no reason to doubt that they say exactly what is on their minds, and they mean every word. If they had any inkling cold fusion might be real, they would be smart enough to give themselves a way out. They would make some statements that might later be interpreted as lukewarm support. Granted, Park has done this once with regard to Boss's work, but he went back to attack mode so quickly, I doubt he meant it. It was a momentary slip of the tongue. You should take people's words at face value even when they seem extreme, or irrational, or baseless. Never assume they don't mean it, or they have some secret motivation, or despite the fact they seem stupid they may actually be smart and cunning. People who say stupid things usually are actually stupid. Take the "birthers" who say that Obama is not a U.S. citizen, creationists, and the Wall Street investors who thought that home values in the U.S. would never decline. I cannot imagine how anyone could believe such things, but I have no doubt that these people *do believe what they say*. So does Huizenga. - Jed
