But, if Tweedledee and Tweedledum can outlast you on the thread, then LENR must be true.
That does seem to be the tactic. I especially like Tweedledumb's approach of taking some sentence fragment out of context and responding to it as if it were a complete thought. Although... I also get a few chuckles from his pointing at the same nonsensical calculation off site [with a bad href, no less] as if it proves something and saying "QED" or "asked and answered."
The technique of posting some tautology which no person with the IQ of a mollusk would bother to respond to as if it's a profundity his critic simply can't deal with apparently never gets old either.
"Experiment Trumps Theory Amen."
So given that Experiment Trumps Theory Amen®, I wonder why Kevmo has felt it necessary to post irrelevant pdf's about the theoretical energy of the molecular orbitals of hydroxyl ions as if they somehow, even peripherally, impinged on this discussion. Maybe he's afraid his increasingly unhinged diatribes about the fictional equivalence of power and energy will have left someone, somewhere, believing he understands basic electricity, so he's posting papers about Mills Grand Unified Fraud to remove all doubt. [For a hilarious discussion of Mill's "GUTCP," which includes the not very surprising observation that the only coherent parts of his book are plagiarized, see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackLight_Power under "Commentaries"]
Even so, the inclusion of a derivative of this dubious work is entirely irrelevant to the thread, even by LENR standards.
Now my professional ethics are called into question for having the impertinence to point out that Mills and Rossi are obvious con men, one of them convicted and sentenced for his [multiple] crimes, the other not yet boasting an orange jumpsuit for the simple reason that no one except Charlatan #1 has been dim enough to believe his nonsensical claims. [Strangely, even the moral paragon known affectionately to me as Charlatan #2 doesn't seem to have much regard for Mill's work. Even a broken clock...]
I shall never outlast them, but then, I don't intend to. As with every other vocation or avocation I've undertaken, I will only do this as long as it continues to be enjoyable.
"Experiment Trumps Theory Amen."
As Feynman explains it:
In the South Seas there is a cargo cult of people. During the war they saw airplanes land with lots of good materials, and they want the same thing to happen now. So they've arranged to imitate things like runways, to put fires along the sides of the runways, to make a wooden hut for a man to sit in, with two wooden pieces on his head like headphones and bars of bamboo sticking out like antennas--he's the controller--and they wait for the airplanes to land. They're doing everything right. The form is perfect. It looks exactly the way it looked before. But it doesn't work. No airplanes land. So I call these things cargo cult science, because they follow all the apparent precepts and forms of scientific investigation, but they're missing something essential, because the planes don't land.
That does seem to be the tactic.
***And the tactic of the skeptopaths has always been to jump on the bandwagon, never discuss the science, ridicule, insult, and engage in vigilante censorship. It is the tactic of the asshole.
I especially like Tweedledumb’s approach of taking some sentence fragment out of context and responding to it as if it were a complete thought.
***Perhaps if you could post a complete thought, it would be worth responding to in the manner you prefer.
Now my professional ethics are called into question
***You betcha