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Was Bob Park's 28 Nov 08 WN an endorsement of "cold fusion"/LENR?

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

Of an IPBiz post, one reader wrote in suggesting that LBE, not being an insider on LENR, had misunderstood the meaning of Bob Park's November 28 post on WN.

Thus, Bob Park was asked: Can you say whether anything in your 28 Nov. post was an endorsement of cold fusion, LENR, and/or anomalous heat?

Bob Park responded:

Hmm, interesting. In our urge to classify we tend to create sharp boundaries between species where none exist.

The point I have been making is that those who accept the reality of a "Fleischmann-Pons effect" (I am not one of them) seem to have have moved from the isolationist mentality of "cold fusion" toward a culture of openness that characterizes mainstream science. I think it's a healthy move.

[Patent lawyers should appreciate Park's reference to species.]

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In passing, one of LBE's advisors at Stanford was Robert A. Huggins, and LBE visited the Huggins lab in early 1990. Also, one (former) Hertz Foundation Fellow has worked to get funding for work in the LENR area.

Separately, there is an issue of lack of openness with both scientific and legal publishing.

Full post as published by IPBiz on December 04, 2008 (boomark / email).