Wow, there is so much to unpack here, but I simply won’t spend the time on all of it, The arguments range from those mentioned by Rabbi Kaganoff to pure drivel. All of Rabbi Kaganoff’s arguments are not original (besides maybe one of them), and have been answered. Moreover, some of them are simply incorrect, such as his argument in the name of the Yeshuos Malko (please read it in the original and you will see that he says no such thing). Furthermore, some of his claims stem from a lack of knowledge of the metzious.
@ubiquitin
I said: “and making use of scientific inquiry to buttress an halachic argument.”
You argue: “You have that exactly backwards.”
OK I will play the game too. You have it exactly backwards.