How Cold Fusion Was Suppressed

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Summary

This video examines the suppression of cold fusion research centering on Eugene Malov whistleblowing about the 1989 coverup and his mysterious death in 2004 badged to neighbors. The narrative describes how Pons and Fleischmann discovered cold fusion then went directly to media bypassing peer review prompting worldwide replications over 60 labs showing excess heat. The Department of Energy responded by creating tribunals using top physics experts to debunk the successful replications lab by lab. MIT assisted by altering data showing excess heat through statistical manipulation making results appear negative because the signal level had been utterly changed. The presenter argues academic physicists suppressed cold fusion to protect their status funding and avoid being catastrophically wrong about their life work.

Key Claims (8)

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Eugene Malov blew the whistle on cold fusion coverup in 1989 and was mysteriously murdered in 2004.

Evidence: Malov was a finalist for Pulitzer Prize when he exposed the coverup then was found beaten to death with crushed neck in his home

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Over 60 labs successfully replicated cold fusion experiments showing excess heat.

Evidence: The video states that 60 different replication sites produced positive results before the DOE intervention

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The Department of Energy created tribunals to debunk successful cold fusion replications.

Evidence: The DOE used their strong relationship with MIT to develop tribunals of top physics experts who went lab by lab debunking the most significant results

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MIT altered cold fusion data through statistical manipulation to show no excess heat.

Evidence: Eugene Malov demonstrated that the raw data on July 10th showed excess heat but data on July 13th had been utterly changed after normalization claiming scientific fraud

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Cold fusion patents only approved when cold fusion language is removed.

Evidence: The source states that the only way to approve any patent resembling cold fusion is to eliminate the words cold fusion or anything like it because they do not look at data

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Academic physicists suppress cold fusion to avoid being proven catastrophically wrong.

Evidence: The presenter argues physicists are afraid their life work would be revealed as a joke with consequences for being catastrophically wrong about established wisdom

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Supervisors ignore physical demonstrations even when invited to examine overunity devices.

Evidence: The presenter built a magnetic motor device and challenged major electrical engineers who all refused to examine it claiming it was not possible without testing

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Cold fusion researchers demanded radiation products like hot fusion despite solid state nature.

Evidence: Critics insisted cold fusion must work like hot fusion requiring radiation products similar to demanding a transistor work like a radio tube