[Hawkeye's-911T]

Here is an interesting piece I cobbed from an article on the as yet to be verified or completely debunked process of 'cold fusion' & how it may apply to the subject matter of Doc's thread:

"Fifty years ago, Thomas Kuhn taught us that this is the usual way for science to deal with paradigm-threatening anomalies. The borders of dominant paradigms are often protected by reputation traps, which deter all but the most reckless or brilliant critics. If cold fusion, or low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) were an ordinary piece of science (or proposed science), the challenge posed would promise fascinating spectator sport for philosophers and historians of science – a Kuhnian revolution waiting to happen, perhaps, with threats to the stability of the reputation trap now clearly in view. We could take our seats on the sidelines and wait to see whether walls fall – whether distinguished skeptics end up with egg on their faces. 'Pleasant is it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in the peril,' as Lucretius put it."

Cheers
JB