I remember all the scientists that posted here on FR and they were anythign BUT civil- then they left, or were banned- formed their own site, complaining that FR tried to stymie their views- but that was a crock of crap- You go back and look over their posts, and they are just as nasty as tyhe next person- Rarely do they engage in civil debate-
I’ve been to several sites run by scientists of all pursuasions post, and even htose sites are full of petty backbiting and accusations and insults- Civil debate is not goign to happen regardless of one’s degrees, contrary to the claims of some on htis thread that they ‘wish to post civil debates, but just can’t (presumably because creationsits ‘attack them’ [Yet they ignore the fact that it was the scientists that started the crap time and time again])-
Once in a blue moon, a civil debate comes up, and yep, they are pleasant, but they are far and few between-