ChemistryModerate Confidence

Cold Fusion and the Fleischmann-Pons Controversy

Analysis of the 1989 electrolytic fusion claim as a case study in institutional identity-defense.

The cold fusion scandal represents a contemporary manifestation of LHS. The rapid consolidation around the claim and the subsequent defensive vitriol suggest an EAT (Epistemic-Authority-Trap) where scientific credibility was staked on inherited belief in the researchers' infallibility.

Cold FusionFleischmann-PonsScientific MisconductEpistemic-Authority-Trap

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