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"some describe cold fusion as the 'Fleishmann-Pons Effect' in honor of the pioneers, Marwan noted." Really? In honor of the possibly-crazy-but-much-more-likel
by rauljara 17y ago
"some describe cold fusion as the 'Fleishmann-Pons Effect' in honor of the pioneers, Marwan noted."
Really? In honor of the possibly-crazy-but-much-more-likely-liars-and-con men whose experiments couldn't even come close to being replicated. The whole article acts like any current research is a vindication of Fleishmann and Pons, but honestly, if cold fusion ever does come to pass, it will be despite Fleishmann and Pons' fraudulent work. How much time and credibility was wasted trying to recreate that BS?
- randallsquared 17y agoliars-and-con men whose experiments couldn't even come close to being replicated. Well, in the first few weeks after the announcement, several labs said they had replicated the experiment, so if Fleishmann and Pons were liars or con men, I suppose we must assume a vast conspiracy of such across several notable institutions... well, that or some people were excited, mistaken, and desperately wanted to find evidence of something that apparently wasn't there. Bad results -- even replication of results ultimately found to be bad -- do not require liars, only error.