MINe 109 wrote:

Are we at the point where you don't accept any opinions not backed by

the dreaded thread-killer?

No. We are at the point where, if I must choose between opinions not
backed by the dreaded thread-killer and opinions that ARE backed by the
dreaded thread-killer, I will go with the thread-killer, because at
least there's some empirical reasoning behind it. I don't claim to have
the definitive word on anything, and I'm fully open to
empirically-based counterarguments. As a non-technical type, that's the
best way I know how to sort out technical claims.

bob