Originally Posted by Ron G.
So far as I see it, the authors are still secure within their intellectual laager and the circling impis of the faithful are getting in a few pot-shots but are nowhere near being able to use their assagai on the devils challenging holy writ. grin

Ron, do you have a bellini to go with that? [Linked Image from aximsite.com]

Seriously though, getting back to your original question (what would happen if . . .), we don't live in the age of Galileo. There is no Holy See to inflict isolation or death upon the infidels. There is a trove of naysayers who are well-funded, well-endowed, and eager to publish any and all opinions, no matter their validity (remember "The Global Warming Swindle" swindle?), to create new doubts among a general public completely incapable of grasping the concepts presented at this level of scientific complexity.

Has anybody read the book "And the Band Played On", by Randy Schiltz? Imagine how much longer it would have taken for the effort to contain and reverse the AIDS epidemic if the general public had been involved in the scientific debate from the outset.

Steve
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