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- From: tiq@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au (Todd Green)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
- Subject: A better demonstration
- Date: 17 Nov 92 18:44:48 +0800
- Organization: University of Western Australia
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- Originally-From: Jed Rothwell <72240.1256@compuserve.com>
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- >Indeed, I am not going to say another word about Notoya's experiments. Words
- >are wasted when another actual public demonstration is three weeks away.
- >Anyone is welcome to come, and you are free to measure whatever you want with
- >the cell. I expect that the so-called "skeptics" like Dieter Britz are cowards
- >and will not come; or they are such fools that they believe these electronic
- >letters implicitly, so they have made up their minds, and they will not bother
- >to look for themselves, or send someone they trust to look. That is up to
- >them, I personally could not care less whether a single so-called "skeptic"
- >comes or not. I will be in the audience, it is not my lecture, and not my
- >demonstration. I expect it will work, but only God Almighty knows for sure.
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- Jed, I don't think a couple of cells sitting on a bench with thermometers in
- them is going to convince anybody at MIT. More likely it will just bring more
- ridicule and accusations of bad calorimetry. An experiment that WOULD convince
- all of us would be if you and Notoya went over to Batavia and set up the cell
- in Tom Droege's calorimeter and demonstrated excess heat there. Surely this is
- feasible if Tom agrees. If you expect poor old Dieter Britz to fly over from
- Denmark to witness the demonstration, surely we can expect you to fly over
- to Illinois for a definitive test in a calorimeter that is known to be
- accurate? How about it? 400% excess heat in a benchtop demo might not be too
- convincing but, a 4000 sigma event in the Droege beast would make for a strong
- case.
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- Todd Green
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