> "unconventional" (1) and less charitably as "crank" (2) and "woo" (3) those are socially defined terms (i.e. they don't say much about the validity or invali

> "unconventional" (1) and less charitably as "crank" (2) and "woo" (3) those are socially defined terms (i.e. they don't say much about the validity or invalidity of a theory). only the facts & the system that ties the facts together. the thing is, many of our "facts" poorly constructed assumptions. one has to be discerning & not afraid of ambiguity, nuance, & unknowns. i recommend to not lock yourself into a predefined box. from your perspective, you don't see this as a "rebuttal". from my perspective, i see it as a rebuttal. ad hominem techniques are not evidence for a position. i'm also open to neither of these models as being correct. indeed, we choose what we are skeptical toward, based on our existing bias...