I am afraid that, no matter how well thought out a strategy or plan for the future really is, there is always a ranting blogger who will get more attention.

And in that tradition I guess I should have expected a dismissive reply using 'generic press release' to describe the Comment that introduces an entire section of Nature Physics.

I think it's very interesting to see publicly a back and forth dialogue of two sides discussing the merits and demerits of a scientific proposal.

It's a rare sight, and the contrarian view is necessary, we need red teams so that things don't become too one-sided and people can overcome their biases. I think the inherent structure in academia and in institutions like CERN make it difficult for dissenting voices to be heard, so I'm glad that the view that's going against the grain is getting more attention. In this era of censorship and punishing of whistleblowers I'm surprised she's freely critiquing their core arguments. Although I do see a lot of ad hominem attacks.