Ahhhh, answered my own question. It is so hard to take "scientists" seriously these days.
Right. Our religious leaders have done so much to explain the observable.
So let me get this straight -- in post #21, you snottily sneer at the scientists for what you saw as being too much confidence in the dinosaur/meteor scenario, and then after you bothered to read the article you found that they had in fact described it in more qualified terms, then you used *that* as an excuse (in post #24) to snottily declare that it's hard to take them seriously these days, and you even derisively put "scientists" in "scare quotes".
Given that you "found" reason to attack them *both* ways (i.e. for supposedly being certain, then for *not* being certain), which makes it clear that nothing they can say will keep you from saying obnoxious tbings about them, why don't you just come out and admit that you just despise scientists in general no matter what they might say or not say, and leave it at that?
The people who are truly "hard to take seriously" are the folks who inevitably feel a need to pop onto all the science threads to express their knee-jerk feelings about science and the people who work in it. It gets a little old after the 800th time.
Ahhhh, answered my own question. It is so hard to take "scientists" seriously these days. [your bolding]
How does someone being honest by saying "may have" when he's not 100% sure decrease his credibility or gravitas?