<p>So here’s where all the “dismissive” folks have been hiding!!!</p>
<p>I think he is totally being dismissive! Some of you say that he is not 100% rejecting these implicit claims… Yeah, he kind of is… Usually I stray away from extreme answers like “dismissive”, but it seems quite appropriate here.</p>
<p>The ultimate explanation why it’s not skeptical: He leaves no room for other possibilities…You can pull that from the first line in the paragraph. Skeptical means questioning (According to dictionary.com, “Marked by or given to doubt; questioning”), but his words indicate that he is 100% sure they won’t work. He wasn’t questioning. He had no doubts (both of which would imply that he wasn’t entirely sure)… Nope, he seemed pretty sure to me, hence dismissive.</p>