Just for the record, by submitting this I am absolutely not endorsing Mullis's point of view. But I think it's worth discussing if for no other reason than as

Just for the record, by submitting this I am absolutely not endorsing Mullis's point of view. But I think it's worth discussing if for no other reason than as a cautionary tale about how even very smart people can get things very wrong. And not that I'm not necessarily saying that Mullis is the one who's wrong, though I do believe that he is. But it is manifestly true that someone has gotten it wrong here.