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Clearly another case of wired.com diving into the fantastic and inspirational.

Actually, Ny Teknik, one of the publications cited in the article, is a serious engineering/technology news publication. They do voice strong concerns, so I wouldn't say the media is obviously manipulated.

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That's the problem. It's a classic con technique. They get a few respectable organizations to cover you and write articles like "2011's Cold Fusion Fraud", and then they go around promoting their product as "Featured in Ny Teknik!"

You can't defeat a con with a rational discussion. The solution is to shun or propagandize back.

Ny Teknik is well known for printing garbage about anything outside their area of expertise.

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