You make a good analogy but in my personal opinion, stretch it too far. The greatest scientists don't get caught up in squabbles about creationism with fools -

You make a good analogy but in my personal opinion, stretch it too far. The greatest scientists don't get caught up in squabbles about creationism with fools - they simply let their work prove it wrong. They are too busy to engage in petty debates with a blog. Why should founders of a billion dollar company care what a blog says? Now if it were a regulatory institution or a credible news organization that investors take seriously/Stripe was publicly traded, then its a different matter because media perception would have a material impact on the business. Debating Pando does no benefit for them, so it makes one wonder why they engaged.