> Yes, Ron, if you want to be anointed, "Master of the Obvious," you have
> my vote. Cancer was supposed to be cured by 1980 and a vaccine for
> "HIV" was supposed to be available by the mid to late 1980s. And on,
> and on. If that is what your notion of "science" leads to, you can keep
> it.
That's one heck of a straw man argument. I did my undergrad biochem work
during this era and frankly these assertions on your part are just plain
wrong. I am not aware of any reputable scientists making this kind of
claim. Perhaps "futurists" or fund raising organisations were using this
kind of talk for PR purposes.
> Just note that nobody that I know (including Peat) is suggesting
> that the evidence is somehow not "real," but instead that it has been
> misinterpreted. I have made offers to put my own money (if I am wrong)
> do the kinds of experiments that would demonstrate once and for all what
> claim is correct (such as the "EFA" notion) but nobody, including you,
> has taken me up on any of these offers.
This is a much more rational argument, but of course a better argument
would be to analyze current data and then propose a specific experiment
to test any hypotheses you may have.