Giovanni Santostasi <gsantost...@gmail.com> wrote:
> But, as a scientist I want the truth and I hate, yes hate, scam artists of > any type, in particular when they use science as a prop for their > egotistical and destructive goals.Rossi is making astounding claims so he > should be under intense scrutiny and people should not make continuous > justifications for his strange and unprofessional behavior. > 1. He is under intense scrutiny. So far, no one has found any hint of experimental fraud. You have no reason to think he is committing fraud. 2. He is not a scientist so he has no obligation to act like one. Normal behavior for a businessman would be unethical for a scientist, and vice versa. 3. His behavior is not all that strange. In any case, it has no bearing on his experimental results. And it is none of your business. It is a free country. He can act any way he wants. He is under no obligation to meet your standards, mine, or the standards of academic scientists. He has contempt for most academic scientists. He thinks they are trying to steal his ideas. I think some of them are. 4. No one is making justifications for his behavior. McKubre and I have explained it, not excused it. If you do not believe our explanation, that's fine. Take it or leave it. Mary Yugo does not think we have explained it. That's no problem, but she should stop saying "no one can explain this" or "no one has explained this." She should say: "I do not believe these explanations. I think McKubre and Rothwell are wrong." - Jed
