How does pointing out the fallacy in darrell45's post add nothing to the discussion?

If one took darrell45's post at face value they would have a misunderstanding of what the article actually said (i.e. that locals identified that changes were happening and scientists came and studied the changes).

And I'm not so sure that any dictionary says that the term "cherry picking" is a disparaging term, and I did not use in that way.  The term means to "selectively choose (the most beneficial items) from what is available."  That is what darrell45 did, whether it was a conscious decision or not.