> Let me revisit my statement once I've read those chapters then.
You can find them here:
Note that they are quite drafty. That was the result of a previous effort to tackle this project of writing about the scientific method for a general audience that I ultimately abandoned in favor of this current approach. The history part starts in chapter 5.
These were based on a series of lectures I gave a few years ago. I can dig up those links too if you're interested.
> I wonder how you would characterize the 1989 series of experiments done by Fleischmann and Pons.
I'm not sure what you expect me to say. The results have not been reproduced, so whatever happened in 1989 it was almost certainly not cold fusion.