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flanagan1000
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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 Posted - 10/18/2011 : 11:49:49 [Permalink]
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| Not very. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Hal
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 10/18/2011 : 11:58:15 [Permalink]
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Oh, sure. Someone finally solves the energy problem, and wouldn't you know it? The world's ending the very same day.
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Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 10/18/2011 : 11:58:31 [Permalink]
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| Really, it's another 'lead-into-gold' claim. There's been a lot of cold-fusion claims that fall flat from the get-go. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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flanagan1000
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
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Posted - 10/18/2011 : 12:41:17 [Permalink]
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And when I was going to college in 198(mumble), there were scientists from Argonne National Labs that spoke on campus about their cold fusion experiment that they believed showed the concept in action.
It turned out they were wrong. They were scientists enough to admit it publically. They did explain how they were fooled by the reaction and byproducts but when they researched it further (prodded by peer review), they discovered their error.
It is likely that Mr. Rossi has stumbled upon the same issue and been fooled. |
Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils
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flanagan1000
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Posted - 10/18/2011 : 12:50:51 [Permalink]
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| I remember when I was in school about how two Scientists in 1989 who made a huge media announcement about cold fusion. I guess this is not uncommon. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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Posted - 10/18/2011 : 13:23:08 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by flanagan1000
I remember when I was in school about how two Scientists in 1989 who made a huge media announcement about cold fusion. I guess this is not uncommon.
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Scientists who go to the media before going through peer review play a very dangerous game. If they turn out to be wrong, there reputations are toast. And yes. It happens more often than it should. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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ThorGoLucky
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Posted - 10/18/2011 : 16:00:27 [Permalink]
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It looks like E-Cat simply burns hydrogen. If that Athens 1MW installation is real, woe to them when they realize the cost of the fuel.
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flanagan1000
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Kil
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Posted - 10/29/2011 : 21:06:29 [Permalink]
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But this does not mean we can crack open the champagne and celebrate the end of fossil fuels quite yet. Skeptics have plenty of grounds to doubt whether the new test really takes us any further forwards.
For a start, the US customer remains anonymous. In other words, a group of unknown, unverifiable people carried out tests which cannot be checked.
Secondly, observers apart from the customer were only allowed to view the test for a few minutes at a time and during the entire test the E-Cat remained connected to a power supply by a cable. The external power was supposedly turned off; as a demonstration it would have been more impressive for the reactor in its shipping container to be visibly disconnected while operating.
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Why are you here, flanagan? |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Posted - 10/29/2011 : 23:57:21 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by flanagan1000
Well apparently it was a success... any red flags yet? |
The only test I'd accept is if I personally inspected the building containing the thing, and then plugged it into itself and it ran (with a load I specified) for a year straight. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
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Posted - 10/30/2011 : 03:25:48 [Permalink]
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| I suspect that the E-Cat creators are doing a pseudo-scientific song and dance to milk investors before it's realized that E-Cat is not as advertised. |
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sailingsoul
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Posted - 10/30/2011 : 05:04:55 [Permalink]
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| The University of Bologna needs Carl's Sagan's baloney detection kit. Interestingly enough cold fusion is even specifically mentioned at 3:08 minutes in. Add some bread to what has been presented for examination to date and we've got lunch. |
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E-CAT free energy to be tested on 28/10
