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You haven't been paying attention. FR has a number of geocentrists, and they are never challenged by their fellow evolution critics. We also have folks who deny that HIV causes AIDS, that Einstein is wrong (not just incomplete), that the speed of light and the force of gravity can vary dramatically, and that the rates of radioactive decay can vary dramatically.

I'd be surprised if some of those ideas aren't ostracized here, but with that said, I see nothing wrong with speculation about most anything. That is how new laws and principles are discovered. By guessing and speculating. I'm just someone who would never point to some ideas and say that it is cemented, and never to be examined again. I just don't feel the need for such a line. I guess the only real difference between us, is that I don't see science as everything.

If I wanted to bang my head against every crazy idea someone had, it would probably be most fun in the UFO threads. :)

In the case of the HIV/AIDS connection, I see nothing wrong with further research in the area especially considering the qualifications of the man who’s suggesting that HIV does not cause AIDS. When one of the foremost microbiologists in this country suggests something, you’d think people would at least give it a fair hearing.

If HIV IS the cause of AIDS, that research will only further confirm it, and it may be that in the process they stumble across something that gives us a better understanding of it.

If it’s not the cause of AIDS, better to stop wasting time and money now doing nothing more than chasing our tails. Find the real cause and help people.

Is there really something wrong with that?