In reply to nimpcompoop.
That might confirm that there aren’t any viruses, or maybe just that we can’t capture a virus in a way to satisfy Cowan.
If there aren’t pathogenic viruses then Lanka (it was Lanka who offered 100k) or Cowan or Bailey etc. could easily run a controlled study of Tobacco Mossaic Virus symptoms to see if they are transmissible between plants. If the symptoms aren’t transmissible then there’s some solid evidence; if they are transmissible then someone would need to research the phenomenon and proceed from there.
It’s not acceptable to continually make claims in a vacuum! :)) A2