[ Gavinista blatherings ]
I don't agree that we "are no longer making progress". Just a few days ago you released a paper that was insightful, comprehensive, generally well-received, and raised new questions for follow up research. How can you say that with a major step forward having occurred only a few days ago, there is no longer any progress? Could the same be said a week or two ago, before you paper was released?
I can only imagine this perspective comes from the hubris of thinking that now that
your paper is out, everyone should just shut up and get in line behind your conclusions.
Even prior to Peter's paper's public publishing, it was obvious it was intended to 'settle' the debate, via the browbeating process of producing more ostensibly conclusory content than the other side could reasonably be arsed to GAF about.
But he's still right, in roundabout way. The debate is settled; the consensus is 'we don't have a consensus.'