xpecting a small, inexperienced group of people to do cold fusion is like expecting that I can successful perform open-heart surgery.
Jed, I liked you comments and referenced paper. I disagree with one example above.
Fleischmann and Pons did their work on a shoe string, off the books, and nobody was experienced when they did it. I know you are right in general but like the thought of the lone genius too. There have been quite a dew examples over time.