[HN Gopher] Cold Fusion or Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions, U.S. Na... ___________________________________________________________________ Cold Fusion or Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions, U.S. Navy Researchers Reopen Case Author : tmfi Score : 16 points Date : 2021-03-22 21:12 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (spectrum.ieee.org) (TXT) w3m dump (spectrum.ieee.org) | mordymoop wrote: | I was surprised to find that there is a lot of theoretical | justification for possible mechanisms of cold fusion, and a lot | of experimental evidence that must either be suggestive of | something interesting, or indicative of bold-faced and widespread | fraud. | | It was also interesting the discover that the original experiment | was dismissed because other experimenters failed to replicate the | Fleischmann and Pons result ... despite not actually trying to | replicate the Fleischmann and Pons experimental setup accurately. | For example, not meeting the same level of hydrogen loading in | the metal matrix. | | It could all absolutely be BS, but I was surprised that it wasn't | actually proven to be BS; it was just not proven to not be BS, | and was then made "embarrassing". | odyssey7 wrote: | I remember learning about the cold fusion scandal from the 1980's | back in a middle school science class. | | What a great lesson this has turned out to be, on how dogma and | stigma can corrupt the reasoning of vast communities, even those | that purport to be scientific. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-03-22 23:01 UTC)