Yes BB. Your sentiment is a reflection of a deeper problem. That is that the general populace doesn't understand science, and it is easier to grasp rants from Bolt, uncredentialed bloggers or Murdoch columnists.
The debate from the deluded is flawed from inception. With no common basis for the logic and process of science, any discussion is invalid.
Dingo is right, the communicators of science to the general public are terrible and often polarising. The politicisation of the issue brings in an even worse bunch of personalities. As I've written here many times we don't have such an aggressive affront to the credibility of scientists working on research regarding the atmosphere of Mars. Why is that? Is that because their science is better, or there is no political motivation.
