Matt Kaplan

Cause there, as you point out, there's lots of bat shit, crazy ideas out there.

What we can't do is take the gloves off and,

It is important, especially if someone is persistent and continues to push the idea that they've found something that they think is worth talking about and you continue to disregard it.

It is important to continue to hear them and say, nope, I've thought about it and you're wrong.

A good example is Alfred Wegener, who looked at the continents and said, hey, look, South America fits into Africa.

Isn't that interesting?

And look, the rocks on the coast of New England match the rocks that are on the coast of England.

And maybe these two places were once together.

I mean, he was derided as crazy.

And ultimately, we worked out that plate tectonics was a thing.

But my point is, it's important for us to fight back and say, I disagree, I disagree, I disagree.

We can't engage in character assassination, even if we think it's batshit crazy.

We just have to say, no, that doesn't fit.

That doesn't work.

And if they come back to us five years later with a different angle on why they think they're right, you got to read it and say, nope, still disagree.

Or wait a minute.

Why do I disagree?

What's the reason that I disagree?

Yeah.

You're saying the same thing differently.