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Pons, Fleischman and their university were responsible for creating a bunch of media hype and releasing the information to the press before publishing (Jones to
by scottlocklin 7y ago
Pons, Fleischman and their university were responsible for creating a bunch of media hype and releasing the information to the press before publishing (Jones too). The author of the nature article kinda forgot to mention that somehow; that should be the real lesson of this -the media sucks at reporting anything relevant in the sciences (and everything else).
People in our physics department had tested it and dismissed the claims almost immediately. It wasn't rocket science.
- kbutler 7y agoPons, Fleischman and the university blew it, on both the science (didn't measure neutrons, which are the signature of fusion) and the press (pumped the hype without the science). Jones was much more reserved, and discussed with the press only as a result of the media attention https://www.deseretnews.com/article/40134/FUSION---BYU-PHYSICS-RESEARCHER-BREAKS-SILENCE-ON-A-SIMILAR-NUCLEAR-BREAKTHROUGH.html https://www.deseretnews.com/article/40134/FUSION---BYU-PHYSI... """ But Jones downplays any comparison to his work with such historical breakthroughs as the invention of the light bulb or the hydrogen bomb. "We have a lot more work ahead of us," he said. "We need to have some patience and do the scientific groundwork before we jump to too many conclusions." """