Shutting people up is the antithesis of scientific inquiry. Let Rossi perform his demonstration and let physicists like Dr. Josephson validate the results, that’s how it works. As he says, it’s a simple measurement and Rossi is making everything but his proprietary reactor open for inspection, and that doesn’t matter if the results can be verified.
The Wright Brothers example shows that new ideas are often not accepted even when proven, yet many of these supposedly skeptical minds were all to willing to accept global warming with very little scientific evidence.
We shall see soon enough.
It’s not a matter of shutting people up.
The normal scientific method is to offer a hypothesis and a proof. Or, to offer a hypothesis and full-disclosure to work toward a proof.
Rossi has given a vague, pseudo-hypothesis and talk, talk, promise promise.
No average person will be happier than me to see this technology proven to work but the longer this cult-like “We’ve Done It, Trust Us” blogging spam drags out, the more annoying and unbelievable the situation becomes.
If the technology is as simple as is claimed, then there’s no credible reason not to put up or shut up.
The droning claims that he’ll be shut down or have the technology stolen if he doesn’t release the information “just right” is pure BS.