Rich <someone@somewhere.com> writes:

There's lots and lots of speculation, some small amount of it actually
based upon observation, but there are, as yet, no answers at all, much 
less definitive answers. And curiously, I don't see many stating the
simple, honest truth, that we simply do not know. 

All reputable researchers will agree with this part of your statement.

And there is no reason to think that better observations will change this.

This only makes sense if you are *certain* the observations will
fail.  A successful observation would certainly give
us answers, if not definitive answers.  And how can you be certain 
observations will fail when you start your argument with "we simply do
not know?"

So on one hand you are arguing "Neither I nor anyone else knows anything
about this topic".   Then you argue "Better observations are futile".
Either statement alone can be supported, but together they make no sense.

    Lou Scheffer