“In 1989 at the University of Utah, Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announced they had discovered a cold fusion process that would ultimately result in cheap, limitless energy.”
Hmmm.... as I recall Fleishmann and Pons announced that they had discovered a curious phenomena that should be studied and explored by those with deeper pockets.
They were vilified by the scientific community and ridiculed in the press.
The research only assumed the mantle of respectability when the USN started digging into it. Credit for their findings was awarded to a woman (name escapes me) with no attribution to Fleishmann and Pons.
Screw humanity; they are undeserving of your independent efforts.
The research only assumed the mantle of respectability when the USN started digging into it.
***The USNavy had been digging into it for 20 years or so.
Credit for their findings was awarded to a woman (name escapes me)
***Pamela Mosier-Boss, with her CR-39 triple tracks evidence of neutron activity.
with no attribution to Fleishmann and Pons.
***She attributes it plenty to F&P in my personal correspondence with her. I don’t know where you get the idea that she does not attribute the F&P effect to Flieshmann & Pons.
Screw humanity; they are undeserving of your independent efforts.
***No comprehende.
This is the normal reaction to new developments.
The usual progression: First, denial and ridicule, then seeking their own research grants, then taking credit for discovering the new phenomenon...
Established academics frequently do not like their understanding of the order of the universe disrupted by earth-shaking developments.