1989 - Steven E. Koonin - Incompetence and Delusions (Cold Fusion)

Caltech earned a place in "cold fusion" history as the breeding ground of contempt for the "cold fusion" discovery of Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons. Caltech's theoretical physicist Steven E. Koonin was quick to denounce Fleischmann and Pons as incompetent and delusional at the 1989 American Physical Society meeting in Baltimore, MD, May 1, 1989.

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[MrTblakeslee]

This was the wrong turn that caused many of our problems today. We could have had clean, cheap energy a decade ago and avoided wars, pollution and deficits. Thankfully, he is no longer in charge of science at the DOE. Unfortunately, others are carrying on his tradition of denial in spite of nowoverwelming evidence.

[coldfusion1111]

People should never be bullied. He was doing OK up to the part when he spoke about BYU, then started off into his bullying remarks about PF. This is a travesty of science and he should at least apologize to PF and the University of Utah, (Salt Lake). This type of behavior by an imminent scientist in a public APS meeting influencing many people and the budget process is simply a travesty, plain and simple. It's never too late to apologize S.K., they are getting old and it would be decent.

[KOlive2043]

Thanks to Koonin and his ilk, the world was set back decades on the subject of energy production.

It was recently discovered, by a review of MIT's original experiment data, that they actually measured unexplainable heat output too, like Pons & Fleischman, though they lied to the public and said that they didn't.

What I want to know is: Who paid the MIT scientists and Koonin off?

[1freedomfighter11]

Steven E. Koonin is the only incompetent and delusional person, as well as every one that clapped, cold fusion is now a reality that an no longer be denied, to bad idiots like this played a roll in holding us back.

[datzfast]

this turd was proved wrong by everybody

[Danster82]

Wow how scientific, I'm convinced!