Comments on: Extraordinary Evidence – "Cold Fusion" http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-11-10-03453-620.html Scooping up the latest science news and controversies Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:44:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: babasyzygy http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-11-10-03453-620.html/comment-page-1#comment-2609 babasyzygy Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:33:03 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=2723#comment-2609 <blockquote><em><br> Is this news impressive, meaningless, or somewhere in between?<br> </em></blockquote><p> "Yes.  Most definitely."<p> As is, this isn't much more than a notice to keep watching this space.  The first important bit of news will be when/if it's published in a generally accepted peer reviewed journal.  The next will be when/if other people duplicate the results, and the next after that will be when/if it finds an application.<p> I want to get excited about this, but it'd be jumping the gun to do so before any of those steps actually happens.<br>


Is this news impressive, meaningless, or somewhere in between?

“Yes.  Most definitely.”

As is, this isn’t much more than a notice to keep watching this space.  The first important bit of news will be when/if it’s published in a generally accepted peer reviewed journal.  The next will be when/if other people duplicate the results, and the next after that will be when/if it finds an application.

I want to get excited about this, but it’d be jumping the gun to do so before any of those steps actually happens.

]]> By: StevenKrivit http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-11-10-03453-620.html/comment-page-1#comment-1661 StevenKrivit Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:43:39 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=2723#comment-1661 We would like to hear your feedback.<p> What do you think? Is this news impressive, meaningless, or somewhere in between?<p> A few clarifications to consider:<p> <ol> <li value="1">Neither these researchers nor New Energy Times purports any form of "fusion" reaction with regard to this news story. Instead, the evidence reported is for some anomalous form of low energy nuclear reaction.<p> <li value="2">We have been asked questions about controls and there is more to report. We will upload a post regarding the controls in a few days. <p> <li value="3">Naturally, it is hoped that the paper submitted in September to a peer-reviewed journal will be accepted and that successful replications will confirm that this experiment is reproducible.<p> </ol> Steven Krivit<br> Editor, New Energy Times<br> We would like to hear your feedback.

What do you think? Is this news impressive, meaningless, or somewhere in between?

A few clarifications to consider:

  1. Neither these researchers nor New Energy Times purports any form of “fusion” reaction with regard to this news story. Instead, the evidence reported is for some anomalous form of low energy nuclear reaction.
  2. We have been asked questions about controls and there is more to report. We will upload a post regarding the controls in a few days.
  3. Naturally, it is hoped that the paper submitted in September to a peer-reviewed journal will be accepted and that successful replications will confirm that this experiment is reproducible.

Steven Krivit
Editor, New Energy Times

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