Not to disagree with you that ad hominem attacks aren't helpful, but the article laid out a lot of interesting data based arguments which you yourself completel

Not to disagree with you that ad hominem attacks aren't helpful, but the article laid out a lot of interesting data based arguments which you yourself completely ignored. Intentionally or not, you instead preceded to cast "the science" into doubt in an ad hominem fashion. Ad hominem attacks are besides the point, and degrade conversion, but just because people use them doesn't make everything they say wrong.