The full sentence from the snippet you copy-pasted is > This has been a hot topic for almost 1000 years... AND I PUT IT TO BED RIGHT HERE! It's clearly intend

The full sentence from the snippet you copy-pasted is > This has been a hot topic for almost 1000 years... AND I PUT IT TO BED RIGHT HERE! It's clearly intended to be a joke, no one would honestly think they've "solved" a 1000 year discussion with no objective answer.