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[AFTT47]

Brian, you just come across as wanting (demanding, actually) that everyone in the world conform to your way of thinking in every way. You're just too damn uptight. Besides being annoying, it's not even productive. Your attitude is the kind that squashes speculation - which is where ideas come from. Sure, scientists challenge each other and it's appropriate in that arena. Ideas presented for scientific consideration must be rigorously challenged. That's how the process works. Speculation thrown out casually at sci-fi conventions is hardly in the same realm. When Star Trek fans start lobbying congress to fund transporter technology research, citing photon teleportation, criticize away. Otherwise, leave them to hell alone.