[snarks_when_bored]

Yes, I take your point (follow the link to Motl's amusing critique of Chapline's work). I do think, though, that there's something to be said for encouraging a variety of approaches to fundamental questions. Just on principle.

[Physicist]

Motl makes many more cogent points than I could have. I suppose it comes of reading the paper and understanding it. <g>

I love the "Kyoto Count-up" feature on his page. Very enlightening. "Every day, we buy -0.000005 Celsius degrees for one half of the LHC collider."