<... it approaches the wrong experts (biologists) and uses their inadequate answers as evidence as to why it is mysterious ...

The same could be said for Marcia's fried birds, Justin. With that one, I was surprised that the communications experts you would expect to find at a radio station have no idea how microwaves work.

For Lindy's post, I found it to be like a test. It sort of adds to the mental gymnasium effect I find at MSNBC. (I know, I know. MSNBC is like a vice, and I'm having a very hard time giving it up.)

These stories test the logic and fire the furnaces of the mind. Can you explain why such and such might be so, and if you can, why aren't this and that done the same way? Unraveling the way in which the Universe functions is all well and good, but unraveling the confused psyche of reporters who really, really believe they have stumbled upon the impossible is cool, particularly when you can also point out that the misleading data they are using is intentional, as with the supposed limit of 13,500 feet for human technology of the period discussed.

... it then proceeds to support explanations like Alien technology or Ancient technology without bothering to point out any of the glaring difficulties of these explanations ...

It attempts to support alien technology, and fails miserably. Tom's easy reply of the anomalous beer can found at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, when everybody knows beyond all doubt that there are neither breweries or picnic areas at the bottom of the trench, was excellent!

Dan