Interesting post (a serious rarity) on e-catworld.com -- just happened into it reading about Rossi's alleged knowledge of the results of the Swedish scientists' replication of his hot cats:
Quotesumdum Warthog • 8 days ago
I AM a university scientist. I can tell with 100% confidence that I am correct. If I or any of my colleagues could verify cold fusion at Sigma 5 confidence level, there is nothing on Earth that could stop me from publishing the results - not even legitimate death threats. And certainly not the threat of being fired, lol. AS for being sued into poverty, just declare bankruptcy and then next month accept any of 20 job offers. Why would I worry about my current job after winning the Nobel Prize in physics and becoming a global hero for literally saving the world with clean energy?
It's actually quite depressing how little the folks here understand real scientists.
Indeed! I couldn't have said it better.