I really wish that we could have real DEBATES rather than the format we have been seeing lately. What we have had are Q&As that lend themselves to spouting short vague talking points with little to no opportunity for rebuttal.
But then no one will understand... I find a quote from Thucydides to be pertinent here:
The way that most men deal with traditions, even traditions of their own country, is to receive them all alike as they are delivered, without applying any critical test whatever. There are many unfounded ideas current in Greece, even on matters of contemporary history which have not been obscured by time. For instance, there is the notion that the Lacedaemonian kings have two votes each, the fact being that they have only one; and that there is a company of Pitane, there being simply no such thing. So little pains do most people take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand.
Everyone wants their information handed to them. I know many scientists that are doomed if it's not in Google or Wikipedia. It's like the internet equivalent to fast food, we're all becoming mentally obese. I know it's not everyone, and I respect a lot of you guys for being the exact opposite.