That's a lot of ad hominem with no actual explanation attached. I don't agree with this idea of "creeping goalposts". Here's the pattern I see: 1. Labs make a

That's a lot of ad hominem with no actual explanation attached. I don't agree with this idea of "creeping goalposts". Here's the pattern I see: 1. Labs make a press release, cherry picking results and using very careful wording to inflate the work 2. Boosters read the headlines uncritically, and uncritically promote the work for free (I hope.. I'm sure a couple are sponsored) and view it as "proof" and demand that the skeptics stop being skeptical. 3. As the hype dies, the smart skeptics point out all the holes, but by that point everyone has moved on. It takes more work to refute misinformation than it does to spread it. The other thing: Why do boosters care about skeptics being skeptics? Like literally, if this thing is so fucking magical, why do you care if people like me take all these press releases with a large rock of salt? If I'm a dinosaur so be it, the skeptics are harmless, but the people propping up a bubble that's going to have terrifying repercussions on everyone while not holding the media's feet to the fire to challenge these people are going to look like what they are: sycophants.