Jed Rothwell? Read the published papers!
Only because that is the best evidence we have. Papers are not much to go on. A live experiment is better proof, but there are few experiments you can go and look at yourself. However, there are more experiments this year than there have been in a long time. If someone important wanted proof I would try to arrange to have them visit Cravens, Beiting or Mizuno.
I like the I.H. standard described by Higgins in his ICCF-21 slides:
“The IH standard for official confirmation of any excess heat claims requires verification by a major independent lab with recognized, credible, and skeptical researchers."
Visiting an experiment does not always work. Richard Garwin was tasked with looking at the experiment at The Aerospace Corporation. He came up with a ridiculous reason to deny it. As I mentioned, he said that hydrogen affects K-type thermocouples. This was ridiculous because:
- The thermocouple was shielded.
- This only happens at temperatures much higher than they were in this experiment.
- The effect would be to lower the estimate of excess heat, not increase it.
People such as Garwin & Shanahan will never be convinced by an experiment. Only by commercial devices.