Chris Moore of the Comet Research Group rebuts Boslough's pseudoskepticism (again!)
Recently, Mark Boslough (who else?) wrote yet another scathing piece about the Comet Research Group and the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH) in the Skeptical Enquirer (he's a long time member of their college). The Problem with Inadequately Reviewed Fringe Science | Skeptical Inquirer In it, he holds himself judge and jury for an entire field of science; namely extraterrestrial impacts. Indeed, he infers the YDIH is is worse than pseudoscience; he regards it as a massive fraud, similar to Piltdown Man x 100. But the YDIH is actually a complex scientific debate that has raged for nearly 20 years and has pushed the boundaries of the science of airburst impacts. Ironically, (given the volume's title - see above), Boslough doesn't address any of these emerging scientific issues. Instead, he tackles the people involved. As aleady pointed out by James Powell in his "Premature Rejection" and "Pillars of Salt" articles, Peer review and the pillar of salt:...