General Discussion

I'm specifically talking about folks that post.... (thinking of good example)

Let's say a discussion of panspermia, the theory that life on Earth came from the stars, literally.

Some might respond to every question with a "Television Physicist" quote.

To expand on the conversation... then one might ask "How do you explain the complete lack of evidence for abiogenesis?"

And instead making a passionate argument for or against, they simply produce a theory, or a paper... or a conclusion drawn by someone else.

It reminds me of college.

When you were studying for a Bachelor's Degree, they treat you like a moron. You have to produce a citation and source for every claim you make, no matter how obvious. As you progress in education level, you start referencing your own earlier work, original research.

Debating by cut n pasting pundits and pseudo celebrities and others is intellectually lazy.

Nothing inspires debate like seeing how someone else thinks.