Analysis of the Russell evidence

I'm grateful to reader, Messenger, who has prepared this analysis of the evidence submitted to the Russell panel (or at least those submissions that have been published so far).

Critical submissions	67
Defensive submissions	20
Total	87

And here's the really interesting part: no less than 33 of the submissions criticised the inclusion of Geoffrey Boulton on the panel. Muir Russell said, remember, that it was important that his review had the confidence of sceptics.

Has he changed his mind?

Comments

[Dusty Rhodes]

What part of the word independent do these educated people not understand and what is it that they fear from scrutiny under the scientific method?

Imagine if engineers applied this sloppy attitude to cause and effect:

Eng 1: Does that sound right?

Eng 2: Dunno. Mind you if there is a problem though it might be the new-fangled, highly complex Thrunge Bracket

Eng 1: What makes you think we might have a problem with the Thrunge Bracket?

Eng 2: Well it's got a Thrunge Bracket in it, what else could it be?

Eng 1: Well it could be the Wurzel Grinder, it's got one of them too.

Eng 2: Nah, my money is on the Thrunge Bracket

Eng 1: OK, let's take some measurements, do some analysis and see what effect the Thrunge Bracket is causing.

Eng 2: How do I measure it?

Eng 1: Well you can't; not directly. You'll have to see if the letterbox in the boss's office is shaking and measure the shake rate.

Eng 2: Oh, OK, but you know the Strewth Generator and the Cor Blimy activator can set letter boxes shaking don't you? And they'll be running at the same time as our test and we haven't got any control over them.

Project Manager: Whoaahhh there chaps, we haven't got time for all that messing around with measurements. What does the computer say?

Eng 1: Computer says " Safe as houses."

Project Manager: OK, scrub the tests I'll get the customer to cough up an extra £18,000,000,000 a year to fly the one that only carries one passenger and we'll fly this one anyway and see what happens. Oh and while you're at it put one of those turbine thingies up outside the boss's office and charge it to his account, he won't mind. He loves turbines and it'll keep him quiet for hours.

[Don Pablo de la Sierra]

Dusty,

What these guys need is a spokesman like this one. He explains it all, in words that any politician can understand. Clear as a bell.

Here

[confused]

Excellent Don.....I'm not confused anymore..

[Jeff Wood]

My only problem with Don Pablo's demonstrator is that he refers to a stator as a "staytor". Surely the correct pronunciation should be "stahtor"?

Otherwise, a fascinating and illuminating talk.

[Don Pablo de la Sierra]

Jeff Wood

he refers to a stator as a "staytor". Surely the correct pronunciation should be "stahtor"?

The speaker is from the US Mid West, I believe. Not to be confused with the midlands.