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Originally Posted by Rob_K
Well put Les, that's got to be the bottom line. All anyone is seeing is a somewhat mediocre comet conforming precisely to its calculated orbit (calculated to a large extent by amateurs, using principally amateur data), and now sputtering & fading away as its volatile resources are depleted. And there's nothing unusual in that. It's been the fate of a number of tiny, long period comets in the past.
It's frightening how easily a world-wide movement based on misinformation, misrepresentation and ignorance can flourish. Thanks for nothing Bill Gates! 
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You mean thanks for nothing Tim Berners-Lee. He invented the WWW.
The only reason why there's so much nonsense on the net is because any fool can have their say on there. What this requires of society is a much better standard of education, for everyone. Critical and lateral thinking should be taught and encouraged right from the moment a child enters school. Then reinforced all through their learning. That way, fewer people would be taken in by these idiots because the general populace would understand a lot better and maybe even know something more substantive and useful.