Rossi, Andrea. Inventor
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The Rossi adulation cult is similarly fact-adverse as are many other personality or big idea cults to anything that diminishes the meme. The Rossi meme is, however, weak in that it is entirely based on the premise that there is a working special device (the Prop). Invariably, as these cons go, the Prop is exposed to be a sham and the supporting evidence discredited, sometimes in spectacular public displays of embarrassing behaviour.*10.1
#10.1 : In times of old, charlatans would often leave town by night and seek out a new place, far away, maybe change their hair, etc., in order to start again. In the Internet age, that is easier said than done.