It seems opinion is swinging away from Homo Floresiensis. It now appears he/she was a dwarf with a deformed skull.

A bet the debate will swing a few more times before everyone agrees one way or the other.

The interesting point (aside from Flores himself) is that the continuing debate argues against critics of academia who say that 'they' are in some way corruptly attempting to force false opinions down the throat of the general public in order not to rock the status quo. The idea that the academic community has some hidden agenda is strongly held by much of the public at large. The fact that we merrily swing one way or another on this topic as evidence emerges is testament to a lack of hidden agenda. ...

Now, when it comes to Atlantis/ The Pyramids/Mars and Leonardo da Vinci of course, we are hiding the truth, because the general public couldn't handle the truth.

Beam me up Scotty