Originally Posted by Weakly Interacting MP

I don't think this point can be stressed enough. Too often, ATMers seem to lack even the basics of the theory they propose to counter, such that their arguments are so flawed from the outset that they make no sense. Furthermore, when tasked to set out their hypothesis using well understood and accepted physics, they demonstrate their scientific knowledge as "well it seems/looks or (my favorite!) should be like...".

It is hard to take an argument from someone seriously when they can't even deal with simple algebra.