there's some strange emotional subtext to your posting that i don't quite get. these people can choose what they want to work on. i am not putting a gun to th

there's some strange emotional subtext to your posting that i don't quite get. these people can choose what they want to work on. i am not putting a gun to their heads forcing them to do this. nor am i laughing at them. if they're right - great. who wouldn't want a free lunch? but i don't see the point in painting them as heroes or presenting this work as something successful when, as far as i can see, it is not. i've done research. you do it because it's interesting, not because of what other people think. and everyone has problems with funding: it's a market; if there's more money in one area there are more people too. as i said, i'm not sure why you're so emotionally involved with this, but it doesn't seem healthy. if you're involved in cold fusion maybe you should look elsewhere, because science isn't really about being loved or acclaimed by the public...