Well-put, John. Yours is a succinct and eminently reasonable request. Though sometimes the prediction successes on this board seem impressive, it is only through the power of large amounts of data and expert mathematical analysis that the natural human predilection to see patterns and to make unfounded correlations (of supposed cause and effect) can be countered.

In this specific case, the only way to for Petra to counter the results of the studies, which are far more convincing than Petra's arguments, is for her to resort to paranoid fantasies of a monolithic conspiracy within the scientific community. I predict that either that, or just one of her obtuse, non-sequitur-filled responses will be the result.

Mike Williams in Arroyo Grande, CA