I think that the total scam is not an option, however it is clear that Rossi is overconfident, overanticipating.
It is possible and even probable that he lied more or less, even possible he make fake demo jus to get time to find the working recipe... I'm afraid he is lying much, but just to get time to find what he expect to be the easy to find result. maybe I'm wrong, but both the total scam, or the working device des not match the fact. IMHO something have worked so well that convince him to bend the facts to get time. How far bend ? note that this behavior is typical of scientist when they have the usual funding problem, and they are convinced something huge is near their finger... In books by Broad&Wade (La Souris Truquee in French, maybe Betrayer of the Truth... dunno) they talk about such a researcher that finally paint a mouse to look genetically patched... stupid fraud that burned his career... I've made a long post on the question of collective delusion, scientific frauds, here http://184.171.250.170/~lenrforu/lenrforum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=40 but it also contains references that can match the individual delusion and fraud. just a point, forget about black& white TRUTH, truthers and liers... as Dr House says, everybody lies... and as attorneys, (cited by a famous french blogging attorney, Maitre Eolas) your first reflex will be to lie, your second will be to lie, then maybe you will do what we advise you to do. (sorry to cite TV series, but they gather some basic human knowledge. about scam artist, White Collar gather many classic data about scam artist... about real case, note that scam artist are mostly short term brilliant, and long term stupid) about Roland Benabou theory of self delusion, note that initial belief is normally based on truth and rational analysed of expected benefit. the delusion came only when things look like they are different and you will lose much. Delusion protect your perceived asset from crash, for some time. 2012/3/8 Jones Beene <[email protected]> > This is not a "good job" by Steve. It borders on bogosity. > > Yes - Rossi may manage to draw a decent salary for a few years for R&D by > creating a scam - but that is NOT even close to "getting rich". > > >
