On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Mark Iverson <[email protected]> wrote: > Wikipedia's use of CF as an example for 'science by concensus' and 'burden of > proof'... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof > About 4/5s the way down the page. > > "Examples in science > > As a general rule, the less coherent and less embedded within conventional > knowledge a claim > appears, the heavier the burden of proof lies on the person asserting the > claim. ***The scientific > consensus on cold fusion is a good example.*** The majority of physicists > believe cold fusion is not > possible, since it would force the alteration or abandonment of a great many > other tested and > generally accepted theories about nuclear physics."
You would think they would realize that relativity did not force such changes on newtonian calculations except at the extremes. Terry
