Hardly. I think most people see that there just isn't any evidence without better physical explanations and that the premise is shaky in the first place. The cy

Hardly. I think most people see that there just isn't any evidence without better physical explanations and that the premise is shaky in the first place. The cynical attitude you echo doesn't get much play because it is incoherent, and I've literally never seen the ridicule you speak of. In other contexts I have seen people with deboned arguments later summarize the experience as being told they were stupid but that was clearly the emotional reality and not in any way connected to a sequence of events. Part of treating a matter in good faith is understanding when your position is at the very least highly unlikely, or purely speculative. It is not a code word that means other people must treat you as having a good argument, more like they must treat you seriously - and some arguments presented in seriousness are not worth much more than a brusque dismissal.