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I suspect it's because if you push them, you don't get better answers, but you might get a lot of shouting and swearing. There's no point in poking holes in th

I suspect it's because if you push them, you don't get better answers, but you might get a lot of shouting and swearing. There's no point in poking holes in their theories because they believe them and cannot be persuaded otherwise. So you just quietly sit through their presentation, poke a couple holes that the audience already knows exist, and watch them fail to answer it. Done.

thaumasiotes 5y ago
If you check my other comment, the English-language coverage I found, which just involves journalists communicating to an audience with no interested party involved anywhere, is also written in a surprisingly credulous style. (Yes, acknowledging that no machine of this type has ever failed to be fraudulent. But doing so in a low-key, hope-the-reader-doesn't-notice kind of way.)