The other thing you’ll see when someone simply doesn’t have the intellectual heft to participate in a discussion is for that person to make claims that others are “on the take”, so to speak, or are “shills”. It’s all they have left once they realize they can’t keep up with the conversation.
Yes. When they go that far, they are acknowledging that I know what I'm talking about.
What were those lines from the Jim Croce song?
You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim
I think that's fitting. If you want to take on a scientist in her field of expertise, you better come well prepared.