If Doctor Sheldon Cooper sees this thread, I hope he will feel inspired to answer the serious questions people have instead of dismissing us. I would appreciate even a reference to another thread or website where such serious discussion is taking place. There have been a couple comments above that are decent, but there is a lot of fluff here too.
I applaud you efforts and your ability to use the resource of Free Republic to discuss a subject of interest to you and widely separated Freeper associates