Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote:
> Likewise if the testers concluded that the ecat did not work, the true > believers will reject the assessment > because they consider the testers untrustworthy. > There have been several failed tests, such as the one NASA did. I do not know anyone who claims these tests actually worked and NASA was lying. So I guess that means I do not know any "true believers." I think that label is unhelpful. I think it is possible to conduct a definitive test in the "black box" mode where you have no access to the inside of the reactor. I think this can be done at Rossi's facility. It makes no difference where you conduct such a test. Rossi has no magic ability to affect instruments. The recent tests by Levi et al. came very close to definitive. If they would use a somewhat more sophisticated watt meter and/or a battery backup or external generator I do not think there will be any rational objections left. However, I am certain that people such as Cude, Yugo and Park would not accept such a result. They would claim there may be a hidden method of practicing deception. I consider that impossible, and in any case -- as I have said -- that assertion is not falsifiable, so it does not count. There "may be" an invisible pink unicorn from Alpha Centauri adding heat to the cell with advanced technology indistinguishable from magic . . . but until someone proposes a method of detecting this unicorn, that hypothesis has no merit. Unless evidence of fraud surfaces, I think it wise to tentatively accept > the results. > This is the sensible approach. > Of course, you can always change your mind, > because you aren't expected to display unwavering faith in Rossi. This > is not a cult. > Right. And Rossi is not the only person doing cold fusion. Even if he is wrong or a fraud, that has no bearing on the work of others. They do not answer for him. - Jed
