Researchers and scientists

[BiggJimm]

I've been sitting on this for awhile. There seems to be a lot of pent up animosity towards the academic community
from squatchers. In some cases it may be rightfully deserved, if the academic in question is being condescending and
discredits potential evidence without actually looking at it. But a lot of the hard feelings comes from cases where the
scientist has looked at and debunked evidence or at the very least offered alternate viewpoints on the same potential
evidence that the researchers were really excited about. Does that mean the scientist is right? No. Not necessarily. There
is always room for error, but the researcher should remember that as well. And the scientist is not necessarily trying to
discredit them. To the scientist, this is business. Scientists have to be skeptical in their own research. And if the scientist
comes to a conclusion that is different from the researcher, the researcher shouldn't be angered by the scientist arguing
with them on said conclusion. Scientists are not only trained to be skeptical, they are trained to defend their viewpoint
in an open forum of their peers. The scientist is not being mean to the researcher in this case as many of those with an
interest in this field of study have concluded, he is simply doing what he is expected to do, defending his viewpoint.