Comment What conspiracy? (Score 1) 248
I don't buy the argument that anyone is suppressing cold fusion research. It's just that nobody (in academia) really cares any more. There was no shortage of dollars and careers invested in cold fusion when it was a hot topic. But nothing ever panned out, so most people moved elsewhere. And there are relatively few grant dollars which would be in immediate jeapordy if cold fusion were to be funded -- government agencies often fund multiple competing attempts to solve the same problem. As they should.
Just use Occam's Razor: those of us in academic research don't have anything to lose if cold fusion works (and quite a lot to gain, actually). On the other hand, McKubre et al. have their entire livelihood at stake if they don't keep people believing there's something to this. And at this stage in the game, that requires claims of underhanded conspiracies.
The most compelling evidence that there's nothing to cold fusion? The University of Utah can't give away the licensing rights to Pons' and Fleischmann's process.
Just use Occam's Razor: those of us in academic research don't have anything to lose if cold fusion works (and quite a lot to gain, actually). On the other hand, McKubre et al. have their entire livelihood at stake if they don't keep people believing there's something to this. And at this stage in the game, that requires claims of underhanded conspiracies.
The most compelling evidence that there's nothing to cold fusion? The University of Utah can't give away the licensing rights to Pons' and Fleischmann's process.
