@saintaKlaus
To explain further, for the past 15 years I've been installing systems and writing software and as such I have to write thousands of manuals for support people.
I need to write them as if speaking to a child, step by step.
15 years of that has definitely influenced how I write.
can we have a truce. I'll happily retract every insult. But expect a response if you dismiss everything I say out of hand. You're asking for trouble there
If you dont know and dont care.. why come stirring the pot, you know what this thread is like. so..
This is an interesting point. Putting aside for the moment that you aren't talking to children- imagine you were in the shoes of a climate scientist having to try and explain it to the rest of us.
I've said before- there are very few areas where I consider myself to have distinctly above average expertise, but if someone who clearly knew little about one of those areas tried to challenge me I would, initially, attempt to point out their errors. If they continued to drive home their argument I'd end up telling them to sod off.
But you're not talking to children, and being condescending is not going to win people over, and having to "spell it out" makes the assumption that your conclusions are unequivocally correct.
Like I said, this is not my field, you know more about it than I do, but not more than the many professionals in the field that don't share your view.
I know I won't change your opinion, and I don't have much of one for you to change so we'll just bang our heads together to no purpose.
I don't think science works the way you do- I think we believe in the best explanation for what we see until an even better one comes along. If Heller and Watts and whoever have a compelling argument then they will ultimately convince others- until they do I'll go along with the best current theory.
As for your religion/ flat earth/ authority point- it's not about kowtowing to authority, it's about respecting experience and expertise.