Is this a different kind of low-energy nuclear reactions or rather a variation on a theme of experimental LENR reactions developed over the last years.
Let me picture this differently so you get what I mean. The cambrian explosion suddenly showed 10 plus body plans that had not been in existence before. They just appeared. To intelligent design paleontologists—this is evidence that new software from outside was plugged into the system much like one would update a computer with software. To atheist materialists—this development is a disappointment to their theory that evolution self evolves from ever simpler organisms.
Using the words I’ve developed above as metaphors—is the LENR experiment above another branch/variation from a single tree of LENR experiment(as in the atheist materialist view)of the LENR experiments or an entirely different kind of LENR reaction—as if it were an entirely new body plan of LENR energy that has suddenly appeared—that only goes by the name of LENR because that’s the result.
Using the words I’ve developed above as metaphors—is the LENR experiment above another branch/variation from a single tree of LENR experiment
***Yes. It was quite surprising that LENR reactions were being seen in Ni/H back in 1992 or so, and very few people could replicate it. It was harder to get the reaction going but it typically yielded more output power IIRC.
All these LENR dudes are supposedly working towards an experiment that can be reproduced on demand. That’s different than replication. It’s more akin to the state of semiconductors early in the history of the technology, difficult to reproduce.