Nicely put Bob.
While I am no fan of silly, baseless experimentation (wasting time and money), it seems in history the cynical naysayers, however educated, never made the breakthroughs. The guys with sense and the courage to try, and perhaps maybe the breadth of thought due to an "unchannelled" education and multi-discipline brought us the technological leaps.
An, well, hell, I loved my Hobie, maybe because it would suddenly violently pitchpole just up from a Beam reach!
Up and away off my Trebuchet!
Is it the same people who will moan about Portsmouth ratings untill everyone finishes in the middle of the pack? I suspect it is.