J. Craig Venter has proposed creating an artificial lifeform into which we would insert genes found in viruses in the oceans (by the tens, if not hundreds, of millions, to see what they do).
Now that's "noncommital".
There are many people outside the three realms who'd just like to see how the whole machine works ~ and forget about this common origin stuff ~ it's gumming everything up and blinding us to the possibilities of real research.
There's currently a debate between "scientific true believers" and "noncommital scientists".
Define what a "noncommital scientist" is and provide evidence there is: 1) a significant number of them (how many are there?); and 2) that there is a debate taken seriously by at least a majority of the scientific community.