Steuard himself would hopefully point out that although being a physics professor grants his opinion a greater weight than those of us who are less informed, to

Steuard himself would hopefully point out that although being a physics professor grants his opinion a greater weight than those of us who are less informed, to claim that he is automatically correct would be fallacious. Politeness in this regard is preventing appeals to authority. I personally disagree. The money has been allocated to a section of NASA designed to research exactly this sort of theory. Pulling funding from these people would be like telling Ernest Solvay to put away his wallet.