[AndrewC]

The people who opine things here that those involved in the debate within the academic community decide don't deserve equal time are going to tell you they still are.

I can see ... "The people .... are going to tell you they still are. That sure looks like another form of slippery slope or an assertion. In any case, part of the discussion would be methodology of testing satisfactory to all sides. That cannot be done without discussing it in the first place.

[tacticalogic]

In any case, part of the discussion would be methodology of testing satisfactory to all sides. That cannot be done without discussing it in the first place.

Until something gets proposed, what is there to discuss? You can't just come up with a hypothesis, and then someone else to figure out how to test it for you.