But, I am not in this article, it's about a primitive fish and there's nothing in the article about that fish's manner of olfaction. Yet you said (But our ears could smell--until we evolved. That's according to the peers who pitch their wares here--) there was and used that false statement to criticize the article.
It would seem you're more motivated to hurl false claims that to honestly debate the substance.
A scientist is as good or bad as any other person--this is the basic assertion I make. They can discover a great medicine--or they can feed you hokum and jeer at you when you doubt them.