[aruanan]

My gut feeling is that if this were a truly viable and real system, they wouldn't need suggestions on how to verify it. Good science operates in the open.

Obviously said by someone who has never worked in a research lab on something the PI is hoping to score big on.

[dirtboy]

Obviously said by someone who has never worked in a research lab on something the PI is hoping to score big on.

Yeah, and at some point if you are making scientific claims you have to prove the science. There are such avenues as patents to protect intellectual property.

[Liberty1970]

My gut feeling is that if this were a truly viable and real system, they wouldn't need suggestions on how to verify it. Good science operates in the open.

Obviously said by someone who has never worked in a research lab on something the PI is hoping to score big on.

You both make valid points. Openness is a good ideal to strive for and is necessary for healthy science, but in the real world, particularly where there are legitimate financial considerations for secrecy, the 'good science' aspect becomes a lower priority.