I agree - its probably not, as the likelihood is - well its unlikely but not impossible

No scientist would argue that it is impossible that there is a teapot orbiting between Mars and Jupiter,, and nor would I.  But the fact is that there is no repeatable observation (like looking through a telescope and taking a photo of it) that should lead us tothe conclusion that there is a teapot orbiting between Mars and Jupiter.  Logie Baird, for example, did design his equipment because repeatable observation and experimentation had led him to design it.

well actually I was trying to use those as examples Martin - to show how so called scientists behave when their minds are closed. Even when something is actually happening in front of them, they still try to deny it and say it must be down to something else. Its quite funny in a sad sort of way really. It carries on though even today.

Again, your examples are drawn from a time when science, and scientific method, were in their infancy. Things don't tend to work that way these days. For example,only a few years ago there was the claim that cold fusion had been achieved in the laboratory.  It turned out to be an erroneous claim, but scientists around the world waited for a long time, until many other labs had attempted to repeat the experiment, before it was declared to be bogus.

Take the above, and look into the mirror.

But the fact is that I have been prepared to be critical of all sides of the argument.  Only you have not.  That isn't an assumption, it's a fact.  Provable, because we have thread after thread that shows you presenting stuff as evidence that clearly doesn't measure up to the standard it would have to, to be considered good evidence.

I won't convince you of course.  But that isn't because I'm closed minded, it's because you are.