Mandovark,
Whether what you believe is supported by what you have said is not relevent.
Here is how it works.
CL is an educated and knowledgeable man of science. Being a man of science he deals in evidence and facts.
He does not deal in beliefs.
Belief is used by unscientific people, people who will accept something as true without the need for any evidence. For example religion relies on unscientific belief. It appears that CL holds "believers" such as relgious types in contempt; witness the how he derides the post on Lydiard as " the apostle according to Lydiard".
So, by attributing a belief to you he seeks to portray you as unscientific and thereby to undermine any point you make.
You are further undermined when CL assigns to you a belief that is clearly non-sensical such as aerobic capacity being unlimited. "You are a believer, and believers believe any thing, even rubbish like this"
Add to this a some of condescension:
"You had a good think about your answer there; you didn't jump straight in." (well done little person, you're almost managing to be as wise and thoughtful as me)
with a chunk of ego:
"what a shame" (all those people, they tried so hard, but so misguided. If only they had had me there to put them right).
And the point should be clear.
"Crawl back under your rock and stop embarassing yourself."
as, for the avoidance of doubt, should I.
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