Firstly, on January 1, 1978 in the columns of one of the best known British newspapers, I invited the senior officers of the Royal Microscopial Society, or anyone who agreed with their "orthodox" views on cell structure, to a public debate anywhere in the world at any mutually convenient time. I have repeated this invitation in several publications and at many lectures. Only one such debate has occurred. I repeat this invitation now.
Michel, Finean, and Coleman (1980) made a detailed defense of the conventional views on cell structure in School Science Review. I replied listing 11 crucial points they had not addressed in a letter entitled "Cell structure: some questions not answered by the electron microscopists." (School Science Review, September 1982, pages 173-177). I have since communicated with the three of them, asking them to discuss these particular points privately, but only one answered my letter and even he ...
