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>Surely 'having an open mind' about cold fusion is itself a "strong opinion" about cold fusion. A cynical reading might be: "30 researchers whose opinions on c
by xamuel 7y ago
>Surely 'having an open mind' about cold fusion is itself a "strong opinion" about cold fusion.
A cynical reading might be: "30 researchers whose opinions on cold fusion were not strong enough for them to speak up at the job interview and thus forfeit the job".
- jandrese 7y agoI think it's probably people who weren't expecting to achieve the impossible, but were willing to experiment in areas of science that aren't well understood to possibly learn something new. Maybe there is some previously unknown effect that was mistaken for fusion in the previous experiments? It could be an exciting find. But at the same time they have to know that the most likely scenario is a big null result and no new science discovered. Unfortunate, but if you knew where the next discovery was going to be you wouldn't have to hunt for it.