cladking Wrote:
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> As is usual Coppens just about nailed it. This is
> the type of discourse that most of the believers
> (who call themselves skeptics) display. They're
> on a crusade with wiki as their gallant steed and
> what they think the alt said as their windmill.

And who was Philip Coppens, that we should be mindful of him?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Coppens_(author)

Oh, look, the gallant steed—so show me something better, if you don’t like it. Funny it mentions him at all and I can’t help feeling that this tends to defeat the thesis.

I’m not seeing that Coppens has any more claim on our credence than Colavito. The usual fringe double standard? I think so.

Speaking of Colavito:

http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/in-memoriam-philip-coppens-1971-2012

This may be the something better I was looking for.

M.