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Tasmodevil44The main point is, how many more times must evidence be provided for a new (very old) discovery like cold fusion before it gains acceptance ? A million more times ? Ten million ? 100 million ? HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE ?
Some like to argue that science is a hide – bound enterprise that is not open – minded……nor should it be. But I don’t completely agree with that. Being open – minded is just as crucial and important to science and reason as being skeptical.
If science is not open – minded, it is only because arrogant conservative mediocrity within mainstream science made it that way…… and greatly stagnated and impeded it’s advance in the process.
Not to mention the fact that closed minds and pessimist type of thinking has an innate, built – in tendency for becoming a self – fullfilling prophecy. If people say we can’t…… THEN WE CAN’T…… just as simple as that.
And I can think of no better example than the history of things like cold fusion.