Thanks for expanding on that aspect! This is exactly the sort of things people should have brought up. I feel like the suspicious thing is that people didn't r

Thanks for expanding on that aspect! This is exactly the sort of things people should have brought up. I feel like the suspicious thing is that people didn't react in this way. Why was this not a glaring problem that his supporters rushed in to answer? If I told you I had an elegant model for some chemical reactions and could predict, say, the thermal energy released in an experiment, you might look at the model and think it's great. If it doesn't match what is measured in the real world, then it's possible the model is correct: could be an environmental factor or a problem with the apparatus etc. But I need to answer questions around the gap between prediction and reality, rather than to rely on my perceptions of the elegance of the model. That's where I think this veers off into identity politics.