I have found Cates and his speculation to be mostly accurate over time. I do not understand the anti-Cates slant on this site, unless it is by shills. I have noticed someone will post a reasonable take by Cates and all these accounts come out of nowhere shouting the man down.
There are 2 things. One, which has gotten slightly better is his tone in talking down to his audience in a very high-horse fashion when, in fact, much of his audience is - at least - as smart, knowledgeable, and aware as he is. Two, with said tone he was very anti-Q for some time, then - for whatever reason - came around and jumped on the bandwagon - rather insufferably telling us what Q told us etc.
I have found Cates and his speculation to be mostly accurate over time. I do not understand the anti-Cates slant on this site, unless it is by shills. I have noticed someone will post a reasonable take by Cates and all these accounts come out of nowhere shouting the man down.
There are 2 things. One, which has gotten slightly better is his tone in talking down to his audience in a very high-horse fashion when, in fact, much of his audience is - at least - as smart, knowledgeable, and aware as he is. Two, with said tone he was very anti-Q for some time, then - for whatever reason - came around and jumped on the bandwagon - rather insufferably telling us what Q told us etc.