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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (10388)4/23/2002 2:54:58 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21057
 
And now we await confirmation. And confirmation of the confirmation.

Remember Rhine? He made similar claims. He got some confirmations and some contradictions. The final verdict was NO.

Remember cold fusion? It got lots of confirms initially. And a lot of scientists who said it was nonsense and physically impossible. Who won?

Let's see where this is in a year or two or three. Effects the size of what they're reporting could easily be due to chance. And there is statistical fluctuation. Noise.

P.S. Forget the ping pong balls. Air resistance has too much influence on them because of their low density. Use roller bearings. :-)