It is quite true that most of GLP disdains research because they do not need an "alternate" explanation; they already have one they are happy with.

We found during our long and sometimes even interesting discussion with Interdimensional Warrior that they also often lack the skills or energy to look up information needed to _support_ their claim (aka IDW's long rants about how nobody would give him data on solar flux).

But really, most of the posters at GLP are unwilling or unable to proof their own posts.

I am old-fashioned. Call me an English Major (actually, I was Theater.) My feeling is, if you can not express yourself clearly, you have not yet thought clearly.

It's been my experience with questions (I do a lot of helping on a large 3d art board), that many of them contain their own answer when carefully phrased. A large part of the remainder, when an attempt is made to parse them, resolve to a lack of any discernable question (or, at least, any answerable one).

In any case, when someone at GLP posts that "The radiation thing -- I don't the name -- would'da killed them"; well, this is a post from someone who has not spent the necessary minimum of effort to even learn what is being discussed. They are using borrowed arguments, chanting slogan because the mob looks like fun and they want to join whatever it is doing.

I gave such folk scant courtesy when I was there.

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