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Evil Dave: sounds like you are well informed and have your mind made up. I'll respect that for the most part, but I can't let a few items go.
Newton's works on gravity and mathematics are over 70 years old. In hindsight, he was nutty as a pancake. A complete fruitcake.
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If you reread Evil Dave's post, he didn't attack all science older than 70 years, only "archeology and speculation". I don't know about archeology (my guess is that there was some serious archeology work done way before that, even though a lot very probably lacked enormously in seriousness), but he could very well be right on speculation.
But then, to attack him with examples of older scientific theories which are solid work is, at best, unfair.
Now I'll all let you go back to your usual flamewars.
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Science, when first published, is speculation. Until it is peer reviewed, tested, and duplicated. Putting an arbitrary time limit on it is ridiculous.
Your other point about attacking him is valid though. Egg on my face. Turnabout is fair play. I will be the dick this time.
That eye-rolling thing just gets my goat. It is childish and inappropriate.