&gt;&gt;It just surprised me that instead of &quot;you know, I have my doubts&quot; your original post went straight for &quot;this empirical research is wrong because my unsubstantiated theorizing is right.&quot;<p>It shouldn&#x27;t. Most people make up their minds first, and then decide what facts and evidence to accept and reject afterwards. And when the facts and evidence are overwhelmingly against them, they rely on unsubstantiated theorizing to hand-wave them away.