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Yes I have read the articles on cold fusion. I know how hard it is to measure and such....plus you've taken what I said out of context by leaving out some of what I have said. Notice I qualified my statements by saying that even if it's not strictly a nuclear process, then something is doing a great job of mimicking some of the nuclear process. What that is, we don't know but it's not grounds to do what they did to Pons and Fleischmann. Regardless of what they claimed. A true scientist, even one highly skeptical about the claims, would hold their tongue until they've exhausted all possible experiments and outcomes. Which those at MIT and some other institutes didn't. And no, I didn't accuse them of deliberate fraud, myself. However it's come to light that their conduct in the matter has had a lot left to be desired. Plus, it's not thousands of physicists....just those involved with the "hot fusion" lobby and those institutes which have a vested interest in funding for such work.
Go and type cold fusion into Google and you'll see what's been happening. Even wikipedia has an interesting article on cold fusion.
Scientist are people, Paul. If their livelyhoods and such are threatened by something new, which maybe somewhat way out there (in this case), then they'll do anything to protect themselves, their reputations and the status quo. Ultimately, it's not about whether Pons, Fleischmann or anyone else is either right or wrong, it's about the conduct of those people who should know better, especially if they hold the principles of science and the scientific method true to their cause.
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