I don't have any published threats, but Pons, Bockris and others told me this. Take it or leave it.
They told you they were threatened with jail the day after the press conference??
QuoteThere were countless accusations of fraud, such as the one you cite below.
Right. The one I cited was published 5 weeks later, not the day after.
Quoteso the accusation itself implies that is what the opponents were demanding.
If that's the case, why did you have to say explicitly they were threatened with jail? And on the day after?
When what happened was they were accused of fraud *after* they published, weeks later.
So, you have not contradicted my point that cold fusion was initially welcomed with enthusiasm, in spite of making things up.
QuoteThere were many other similar accusations, not just about the neutron peak. For example, Park accused them of fraud in the Washington Post.
But not before they published, and definitely not the day after the press conference.
QuoteChapter 11, quoting Fleischmann:
After the press conference, Dr. Caldwell came up to us and said, “Well, when my grandfather proposed electrolytic disassociation, he was dismissed from the University. At least that won’t happen to you.” I said to her, “But you are entirely mistaken. We shall be dismissed as well.”
This is what Fleischmann said *after* the fact. It could be simple rationalization. I was asking for a record of him making the prediction before it happened. If Caldwell had documented the conversation...
QuoteHe was definitely not beaming at the press conference.
I've seen it. He looks beaming to me.