[Moonman62]

So that would mean that all these scientists are not only liars, but fools as well, since Rossi’s character issues are there for everyone to see.

It's a common magicians trick to have plants, and for all we know they are being paid by Rossi. Why else would they take the time to watch a guy boil a kettle of water and then applaud?

[Kevmo]

for all we know they are being paid by Rossi.
***Yet another classic fallacy. Argument from silence.

For all we know, they could be butterfly faeries visiting from the 17th dimension of moonmanlandia.

[Liberty1970]

So you are seriously suggesting one or more PhD physicists such as those in the attendee list will deliberately wreck their reputation and likely their career engaging in this presumed scam? Really? What would be the motive, and how does having one or several plants in the audience keep the rest of the audience from noticing the scam?

After all, this is not some magic show with a bunch of kids. You are talking about a roomful of professors. They are human, like the rest of us. But they are also perfectly aware of the astounding nature of the claims for the E-cat, and the skepticism surrounding it. It would behoove them as professionals, as experts, and as ordinary curious humans to critically examine the evidence in front of them.

[Dagnabitt]

Come on, you know this stuff is true because we keep getting multiple reports of its success in all these independent scientific publications on ex-con Rossi's website.