[avandonk]

A very good hand waving type argument would say that you need very high electrical and magnetic fields with a high concentration of charged particles of any sort for these effects to be a major force behind the Universe's evolution.

The Universe's matter and charged particles are very thinly spread indeed on average. One of the major conundrums in cosmology is where the slight gravitational anomalies came from to form the first stars and then galaxies. Quantum fluctuations just after the BB anyone?

The only force that is left is gravity at any large distances. This force acts to bring all these bits together to form stars and then the more exotic collections of matter that then show massive outpourings of energy.

Most of the stupid arguments in science are started by people who are trying to extrapolate way outside their field with their own narrow expert view of reality. They just do not understand the paucity of their own knowledge and become obsessive about defending the indefensible.

When ever I have been shown to be wrong by others I have always been thankful as I did not waste my time and effort in self delusion.

The really evil thing though is when these deluded people then convince the non scientific that they are correct by the intensity of their zealotry.

History is littered with the blind and ignorant leading the blind and uneducated.

Peer review though not perfect is the best arbiter. It has never failed yet to agree with the evidence in the long run.

Bert