Mary Yugo <maryyu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Robust and credible results would not require anyone to read long and > convoluted papers numbering in the thousands. > So you are looking for short, well-written, and highly convincing papers? Most people I know would say these two fit the bill: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/WillFGtritiumgen.pdf This describes the work at the National Cold Fusion Institute, which was established by the state of Utah. In the mass media, this institute has been widely portrayed as a waste of money and a mistake, but in fact, under Will's leadership, it produced definitive results. The work was superb. It was worth every penny. The state of Utah did a great thing. I hope it is recognized someday. http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/McKubreMCHisothermala.pdf In my opinion, these two papers should have convinced every scientist in the world that cold fusion is real and that it is a nuclear effect. All opposition to the discovery should have ended when they were published. If you find these papers difficult, convoluted or unconvincing, perhaps the problem is at your end, rather than in the papers. People who know much more about physics and chemistry than you do, such as Gerischer, found this work convincing. You should consider the possibility that they are right, and you are wrong, and you have not put enough effort into studying these results, or you are incapable of understanding them. For that matter, there is no reason to think that important breakthroughs are inherently easy to understand. Although as it happens I had no difficulty understanding these two papers, or their importance. I do have difficulty understanding many other cold fusion papers. Most of the theory papers are completely over my head. Unlike you, however, I would *never*dismiss a paper or a discovery because I have difficulty understanding it. - Jed
