But Martin - just because these scientists are from days gone by it doesn't mean that their work is of no value or merit.

If it can't be repeated today under controlled conditions then, it DOES mean that it is of no value or merit.  The fact that scientific method and review wasn't as developed in those days, meant that many spurious claims were made.  The filter, to work out what to discard, is to test the method today with critical thinking and the techniques at our disposal. 

When held up to such scrutiny, their claims and conclusions don't stand up.

I call what you post 'junk' because it is stuff that is thrown away when you examine it with a properly critical eye.   

I think it is you who is frightened.  Frightened that your lifestyle, your friendships, your community will falter if you admit the truth about the fiction on which it is based.  In some ways I understand that and I'm not really bothered whether you carry on in your fantasy.  If it helps you, go ahead.

The problem is that, if you're going to do that, you will come up against the truth, time and again.  If you seek to defend a lie, then you will lose the argument.  You will find yourself writing things that you know in your heart of hearts are untrue.  You'll find yourself cornered, time and again, when the lack of rigour in the articles you use is exposed.  And then you'll find yourself hitting out with those little snide comments which add nothing to the argument, but are designed to deflect the argument elsewhere, to turn the spotlight away from the flaws and fraud associated with the claims you make.

This is my last post on this thread.  I have wasted enough time here and I expect others have given up reading it.  You will claim that, because I have stopped reading the articles you've posted, that I'm closed-minded.  So be it.  I read a fair few and found their flaws immediately, flaws that should have been obvious to you. That much tells me that it is you who is closed-minded, accepting only one side of the argument without critical analysis.