In my post #1399 (2 days ago), I pointed out Plaga's rejoinder to Giddings and Mangano. That's news! And my post #1405 detailed Toby Ord's survey of retracted papers in high-impact scientific journals. What is circular is the endless debate on my word twisting ability, rather than on the primary scientific (and philosophical) issues that are the subject of this thread.

It's not my fault that people would rather make mountains out of mole hills and discuss whether I'm a word twister rather than discussing the new, substantive information that I have brought to light. Shutting down the thread is not the answer. Let it die a natural death from lack of interest.

If this thread bores you, then don't click on it. If this thread scares you, whether your fear is of the end of the world or of the end of science itself, then this thread is doing it's job: making people think for themselves.