A lot of the complaints about GG&S are to some degree a complaint about Diamond in general being mapped on to the least offensive of his works, and if that is the only exposure you have to Diamond, it can be seem like the complaints are coming out of left field
Which discredits the entire field. Ad hominem arguments have no place in science. Everyone knows that Newton wrote extensively on the occult but that takes nothing away from his contributions to physics and mathematics.
If I could address his critics as a whole I would say:
Critique the theory on its own, independent of the author. Provide an alternative theory. “It’s complicated” is not a theory.
Which discredits the entire field. Ad hominem arguments have no place in science. Everyone knows that Newton wrote extensively on the occult but that takes nothing away from his contributions to physics and mathematics.
If I could address his critics as a whole I would say:
Critique the theory on its own, independent of the author. Provide an alternative theory. “It’s complicated” is not a theory.