Career-killing (see comment in vote above) is well documented. And even covered in the article. eg Melvin Miles http://books.google.com/books?id=oP4AU5ACcU0C&pg;=PA62&lpg;=PA62&dq;=%22cold+fusion%22+career+miles&source;=bl&ots;=5YSjhACfT2&sig;=L6t-3g3ueYile7isxCSMPUPKNho&hl;=en&sa;=X&ei;=-vmpU6WxKIGD8QHmgIGYDw&ved;=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q;=%22cold%20fusion%22%20career%20miles&f;=false and "Hagelstein begins the first day of this year’s course with a warning: this field can be dangerous for your career."http://coldfusionnow.org/cold-fusion-101-video-lectures-with-professor-peter-hagelstein/