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> That said, Pons and Fleischmann rushed publication on shoddy data, making a mockery of themselves and causing cold fusion to become an untouchable subject no
by worik 3y ago
> That said, Pons and Fleischmann rushed publication on shoddy data, making a mockery of themselves and causing cold fusion to become an untouchable subject no one would go near a generation later
Yes, they were shoddy
But no, the field was swamped within weeks with people trying to replicate it. It has lost its luster, and become a parody, but that is because it was wrong
It took a decade for the excitement to die down
- adastra22 3y agoPons and Fleischmann's experimental setup did not produce cold fusion. But some other variation or different catalyst material might. Yet effectively no one has carried on this work. LK-99, or at least the manufactured samples of it, is not a superconductor. But some other variation or different manufacturing technique might. Yet I predict no one is going to look very hard in the years to come.