Then I hope you see the irony in your comment, and why the first reply was a little incredulous.<p>I&#x27;m not defending Rossi, BTW.  The odds are very, very, very good that it&#x27;s another scam.  But it&#x27;s not <i>impossible</i> that he&#x27;s on to something and that&#x27;s exactly what the article&#x27;s author points to, along with lamenting how tragic it would be if cold fusion turned out to be real and we wasted 20 years not pursuing it because of the reputation trap.