[expat2]

the criterion for validity is replication, which has been done,

Not so. The work of Lysenko, the Russian biology fraud, was replicated many times by other self-serving Russian biologists.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Not so. The work of Lysenko, the Russian biology fraud, was replicated many times by other self-serving Russian biologists."

Your logic (and science) is flawed. Note the qualifier "Russian" (should actually be Communist). LENR has been replicated in many laboratories all over the world.