hi dig,
folks who support hypotheses are rarely overjoyed with the company of folks who pick them apart.
i think it is reasonable for hypothesisers to want to isolate a space to gather and assemble information.
but the theory is not much of anything unless it survives the testing phase.
obviously, wave is in a terrible bind. the fact it is so shows that those who have been sceptical in the conversation have had more of the truth than those who are hopeful.
i am a little sorry for those who have no tools for seeing wave as it is. rather than as they wish it to be. it must be miserable to be surprised by disappointment over and over and yet to get your hopes up again the next time.
for you and i, i think we have figured how the game works. and the quality of each new hope that is placed in the pipe.