[HN Gopher] Cold Fusion or Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions, U.S. Na...
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       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)
        
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 (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.
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       | 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.
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       | 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.
        
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