Chris Zell wrote: > "Selling" Cold Fusion? Public Relations? And this is Science we're > talking about? It's disgusting. Guys like Feyerabend were more right > than anyone likes to admit. Peer review becomes sneer review and > instead of the Defenders of the Dominant Paradigm dying off, we're stuck > with obituaries in the wrong camp. > > If I ever discover free energy, I swear I'm going to reveal it as Jesus > did miracles: "Tell no one" - so that the whole world will know, in > reaction. > > On a more hopeful note, I find some joy in the recent worldwide > economic disaster, as this and total war are what bring new ideas and > talents to the forefront of human progress. War and bankruptcy can > remove obstacles that reason and "science" can't. I see opportunities > in these areas: > > 1) The Dead Hand of US car companies may be lifted. We'll get electric > cars somehow - and if we don't, the Chinese will. A thousand curses on > GM for what they did to the EV-1.
And don't forget Ernie Kovacs. "Who killed the Electric Car?" Hmmm. "Who killed Ernie Kovacs?" Hmmm. GM never lost a case in court regarding the rear-engine unbalanced Corvair and its swing axle design. That proves they're innocent, right? -- and it must have been Ernie's bad driving that made his 'vair spin out that night? In a pig's eye. And they altered the design to be a little less deadly in 1964, two years later, but never admitted there was a problem to start with AFAIK. > > 2) Big Evil Drug companies - you know, the guys who brazenly violate the > law again and again? Who put out lists of doctors to be "neutralized" ( > Australia, Vioxx), who get extentions on patent expirations so generics > aren't available? It seems that they collectively forgot to develop any > new drugs and the stuff they've got is headed for Generic-City. Good > Riddance. The real breakthroughs will come from brave little companies > working on stem cells. > > 3) Banksters - hey, let's run an entire economy on financial > speculation! Oh, wait. we've tried that. Eventually, even Congress may > be forced to rein in these elite thugs and get investor attention > focused on anything more useful. > > I continue to be amazed at the inventions and competence of ordinary men > who came to the fore in WW2 - in an evil way(Nazis who used to be street > bums and chicken farmers) and in a good way( the Allies copying the > Autobahn, using Jewish scientists to create atomic energy and much more). > > Feyerabend said to toss in some anarchy once in a while. Maybe he was > right. > >