I think the meta war going on is based on misunderstanding of sorts. What I think is being misunderstood is what constitutes trolling.
There are truths that can not be proven and as such will not be truths to all. None the less the truths will generally have evidence and probabilities on their side, but will still be unprovable and thus non-truths to those that demand proof. To go into diaries on such topics and repeatedly demand proof and argue makes you a troll.
Let me explain...
This diary is actually based on a comment I made elsewhere, but then felt it really needs to be said to a (hopefully) wider audience.
Let me begin with an analogy...
Lets say I am a person who firmly believes that there is other intelligent life in the universe. Now that is completely unprovable, but we have found amino acids in meteors and the universe is so large that no matter what numbers you plug into the Drake Equation you will likely get a number greater than one.
But still this is all completely unprovable...
So I do a series of diaries on life and the possibilities of intelligent life in the universe. What would you call a person who repeatedly comes to my diaries and tells me I am absolutely wrong because I can't prove it? They come to the diaries to argue that something is just wrong though obviously they can't prove that either. Its reasonable to make a point once or twice that you disagree, but to continuously come to the diaries with the sole intention of arguing makes you a troll.
It seems like some people don't understand this? I am seeing the trolls being defended and the person doing the diaries being ostracized! Like wtf?
Anyway just wanted to point this out...