[madaxe_again]

Somebody with power should burn this chap at the state for witchcraft, because his views contradict church orthodoxy.

Yes, it might all be utter bullshit, but it may also not be. If you refuse to accept or even explore anything which contravenes your worldview - your world will never change.

[nichtich]

It's not about contradicting my world view, or even the mainstream view. It's because this is one of the latest tricks played by a long time con artist and it's not good to be drawn to it time and time again. Given the track record I think the bar should be much higher for this.

Also, I don't know how you linked downvoting to witch hunting. I thought downvoting is a vital part of how HN works, I would downvote it myself if i can do it. Is it something that you can do but can never recommend others to do?

[alkonaut]

If the scam isn't involving the reviewers but is a smoke & mirrors operation where Rossi is duping real scientists holding their own instruments then it's very noteworthy just because that would be extremely difficult.

If it is a case of respected scientists from respected institutions being corrupt, that is of course also noteworthy.

If it is a case of actually finding a good source of energy then that is noteworthy.

So in my view it's now at the point where the two different scam options are at least as interesting as the non-scam!

[ZeroGravitas]

Reading that Wikipedia page, or the one about the guy who invented this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Rossi_(entrepreneur)) seems like a great way to "explore" this issue.

[serf]

this witchcraft was already burned at the stake by Popular Science.[0]

[0] : http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-10/andrea-rossis-...