Originally Posted by
dstan
He's also been a paid expert witness in numerous celebrity court cases and is a contributor to Fox News. He's got a vested interest in saying it might be something. I haven't, and get to call it like I see it.
I'll concede your point on the
in situ photos, but that's beside the point (and let's be clear that there is no body; after 5 years in tropical waters, even skeletonized remains are iffy at this point - the temperature is more impt than salt vs fresh.). My point is that you can't distinguish a zebra from a horse if you've never seen a horse. Divers see thousands of underwater rock formations, and know what's normal and what's not - that's how you actually spot the unusual stuff. I'm pretty sure that Baden is not a diver now, as in
this interview about the Gabe Watson case, he completely misses the suggestion of possible nitrogen narcosis, and instead drifts into statements that are only relevant to hypoxic mixes used by technical divers.
Except in this case, the Zebra is a body, and the horse is a bunch of rocks. And you haven't yet answered the question, which was already asked twice, as to how many decomposed bodies you've seen underwater. It seems that YOU'RE the one who, to use your own metaphor, hasn't seen the zebra. While Baden HAS seen the horse, just not nearly as many as you have. Again, I agree with your point that unless you've actually seen BOTH bodies and rock formations underwater, you would not be able to distinguish between them. I am sure you've seen plenty of rocks, but I am also sure that Baden has seen many bodies and you haven't. And he's also seen his share of rocks underwater - just many fewer than you have. So that makes his expertise more credible than yours, unless you too have experience examining BODIES underwater. Because I am quite sure he's seen BOTH numerous decomposed bodies underwater, as well as underwater rock formations. Have YOU, or have you ONLY seen numerous rock formations?
You are certainly entitled to your opinion - but you are being silly and just fooling yourself if you believe that you have anywhere near as much expertise in this manner as Baden does.
I would submit that examining large numbers of decomposed bodies that have spent lengthy periods of time underwater, is much more relevant expertise than having tremendous experience seeing underwater rock formations is. It's not like Baden hasn't also seen plenty of underwater rocks.