>From Ron:
> Yes..accidents and observations the start of many breakthroughs: > > http://www.e-catworld.com/2013/09/rossi-on-burning-his-finger-the-beginnings -of-the-e-cat/ Thanks for the link of Rossi's own written words on the matter, Ron, As a matter of historical reference this was not the first time Rossi's "aha!" moment has been publicly critiqued. Again, here's e-Cat World's posting of Rossi's written commentary on the matter: > Andrea Rossi > September 15th, 2013 at 9:45 AM ... > The first time I discovered the Effect has been in the USA in 1996, when I got about 3 > watts, melting some Ni grains using a battery of 4 V as an energy source. I calculated > ( miscalculated?) a COP 3. I was in Manchester, New Hampshire, in a small laboratory > where I also worked in a steel carpentery to pay my expenses: when I came in the > USA in 1996 I didn't have money, because of what happened to me in Italy ( see > http://www.ingandrearossi.com). I had to live with 1,000 $ per month, which was > not easy, because I had to pay 600/month for the rent of the apartment. > I used a lab of that steel carpentery during the free time to make my experiments. > When the nickel melted I touched it with a finger and the finger ( left index, I am left > handed) got burnt: it has been the sole time in my life in which to be burnt made me > happy ( I am not masochist). Very happy. > Before that day I had got effects, but not sure of the measurements, being the > energies in the range of milliwatts, so very difficult to measure precisely with > the instrumentation I had. I started working with Ni powders in 1993, when I > decided that it was completely useless to go ahead along the path of electrolysis > suggested by F&P ( which I studied very throughly) . > Warm Regards, The above comments show Rossi had sufficient time at his disposal in order to formulate and write down his recollections and thought processes concerning the "Aha" moment. Rossi posted his recollections in English which we all know is not his native language. While Rossi's written English is typically sprinkled with grammatical flaws it's still quite readable. More to the point, it's understandable. I suspect Rossi's written posts tend to be more comprehensible to us English speaking natives than Rossi's verbal communications spoken in English. I think this would particularly be the case if Rossi had been asked to reply spontaneously to a question on-the-spot. Now, let's go back almost two years ago, to November, 2011, and read how Mr. Krivit decided to manipulate Rossi's "Aha" moment. In Krivit's case he transcribed Rossi's recollections while videoing Rossi speaking in his typical style of broken English. Krivit then meticulously transcribed Rossi's verbal reply and made sure to include every single verbal flaw Rossi uttered. By doing so Krivit attempted to insinuate that Rossi was a muddled thinker. Therefore, Krivit implied, Rossi's "Aha" moment shouldn't be taken seriously. For more information on the matter see the following Vortex links, and the associated subject threads that were generated: [Vo]:Krivit's transcript of Rossi's "Ah Ha" moment, a cheap shot. (Part 1 of 2) Nov. 5 2011 http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg54330.htm [Vo]:Krivit's transcript of Rossi's "Ah Ha" moment, a cheap shot. (Part 2 of 2) Nov. 5 2011 http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg54331.html Here are the high points: Krivit First states: > Visually, Rossi exhibits absolute confidence. Yet > listen carefully when I interview him on camera > and ask him a crucial question: He is vague, he > stutters and he is logically inconsistent, even > within a 12-minute period. > > I asked him whether he had a specific moment of > discovery in his low-energy nuclear reaction research. > > "Yes, because I burned a finger," Rossi said. At this point I would recommend to any who might be interested in what Rossi actually said, view the actual You-Tube conversation of Rossi's "Ah ha" moment. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II3NxxyxQ0I ...and be sure to focus on Rossi's actual comments, the "Ah Ha!" moment starting around 10:19. Krivit's transcript of Rossi's "Ah Ha!" is meticulously transcribed, down to each and every single utterance and inflection: Krivit ask's Rossi: > "Can you tell me more about that moment?" [Krivit] asked. > > Rossi replied, "Yes, uhh, because, umm, I was, uh, uh, > working with a, with a small reactor which was made of, > uh, umm, of copper, was made of copper, uh, and with a > small lead shielding, and I was giving energy with a > resistance, uh, giving, eh, some sort of temperature. > At a certain point, the, the temperature raised very > suddenly, and, uh, and I had in my, the, the, uh, left > finger of, uh, of, uh, the, the, the, the finger of, > umm, uh, the index of my left hand, umm, sit on a, a > part of this small reactor which was as big as this, > and I burned the top of the finger." While e-catworld did a pretty good job of allowing Rossi to explain his "Aha" moment in greater detail, Rossi's prior verbally spoken recollections on the matter ended up getting twisted and manipulated by an author who had a personal ax of his own to grind. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson svjart.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/newvortex/
