About a week ago Chuck Briton wrote that he does
not believe that a conspiracy against "cold fusion,"
if its claims are correct, can be effective, in a long run.
This made me think about the institutional conspiracy
against the religious reputation of Galileo. Two days
ago I got a private message on the topic of institutional
conspiracy from Dr. Edmund Storms. He is the one
whose letter to the editors of Scientific American was
posted as item #26 on my web site:
The reply was a reaction to what I wrote in items # 25
and #21. Thinking that those who read my messages
might be interested in the episode described by Storms
I asked for (and received) permission to share it. His
story, and additional comments, are now in item #27 at
the above address. Happy New Year to all.
Ludwik Kowalski