Whores and Nuclear Science and Work Force Reducition

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The discussion revolves around the controversial topic of cold fusion, particularly its rebranding as Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) in response to historical skepticism and dismissal from mainstream science. The conversation highlights the challenges faced by proponents of cold fusion, who often encounter hostility and are labeled with derogatory terms. Participants express frustration over the euphemistic language used in various contexts, including employment terminations and the stigmatization of cold fusion research. The thread also touches on the broader implications of how certain scientific inquiries are marginalized or excluded from serious discourse due to their non-mainstream status. The moderators emphasize adherence to forum rules, suggesting that discussions on cold fusion may be better suited for specific categories like Debunking and Skepticism, rather than the main science forums. Overall, the thread reflects a tension between innovative research ideas and established scientific norms.
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Evaluations, ideas and proposal upon new energy sources

by Prof. Christos Stremmenos*

BACKGROUND
The hostile attitude which cold fusion has been confronted with since 1989, but even long before, shown also by the bibliography related to the scientific papers of Focardi and Rossi, eventually led to general disinterest and oblivion of this subject. After several years of apparent inaction, the [...]
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If I lose my job I am Fired. There is a need among those that do the firing to obscure what they do. Those who have been fired were told that they were Layed Off. Then it was renamed to Downsizing, disassociating the action from the victim. Very clever, and giving the Firee some time to operate under a cloak of confusion. This became too well understood. So then it was called Work Force Reduction. Now, by all the cutting edge departments of human resources[sic], it is called ---bleh, something else that skips my mind, but still very clever. Did I get all this right, or leave any out?

Hookers have their tag changed every few score years or so, apparently after each resurgent attack, replacing the previous euphemism with the next.

In no particular sequence: Paramor, Whore, Lady of the night... I'm sure you could all add to the long historical list. That's the best I could come up with at the spur of the moment without an internet search.

The witch hunters among us seem to obtain a special thrill in hunting them down. (Why?) In general, by those that are "hunted" I mean any category of folks who feel the need to change their categorical tag to avoid torches and pitchforks.

In particular, I refer to the locked Cold Fusion Thread on PF forum.

The Whores of Cold Fusion have renamed themselves. They now experiment with "LENR" (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions). They hide behind 4 letters and are easily spooked and driven into hiding.

I think the Torches and Pitchforks on PF need better supervision, seemingly as happy, given the opportunity, to kill off honest inquiry as dishonest, only motivated to make the next kill or castrate the next student that walks through the PF doors with misconceptions.

Comments, corrections, or attacks?
 
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The witch hunters among us seem to obtain a special thrill in hunting them down. (Why?) In general, by those that are "hunted" I mean any category of folks who feel the need to change their categorical tag to avoid torches and pitchforks.

Because usually there is a reason they are dismissed as nonsense. And more stuff based on that is not welcome, so many people want to keep them out of serious discussion in science.
 
Drakkith said:
Because usually there is a reason they are dismissed as nonsense. And more stuff based on that is not welcome, so many people want to keep them out of serious discussion in science.

Good. What is the reason in this case?
 
Phrak said:
Good. What is the reason in this case?

The case with Cold Fusion is that it isn't mainstream science and therefore is against PF rules to discuss on most of the forum. That and the fact that Cold Fusion has already been looked into and proven false, so it's not real physics. That's all. You could try posting under Debunking and Skeptecism instead of the main forums.
 
Drakkith said:
You could try posting under Debunking and Skeptecism instead of the main forums.

No, please don't do that.
 
berkeman said:
No, please don't do that.

Or not. :smile:

If you already had one thread locked, I don't advice opening another one. I'm sure there are other threads about that subject already.
 
If you really believe cold fusion works, please go build a reactor and start selling it. You will become richer than Bill Gates in no time, as well as doing the world a huge service.
 
This thread was originally deleted and somehow got accidently restored. I'm locking for now as notice that it may disappear shortly and didn't want members to be confused.
 

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