"SWAG" stands for Scientific Wild-Assed Guess.  It's what passes for science when the science doesn't truly exist.   

I chose a random date because no one can give an answer to my question whether I suggest a date of tomorrow, 5 years from now, 10 years from now or any other date.  The science to answer that question does not exist!

Nor does the science to answer my second question.  Why should the society write a multi-billion dollar  blank check for something which not only doesn't currently exist but for which a theory hasn't even been developed? 

As an agnostic, I resent your attempt to knock my argument down by labeling my response as 'sinful religious conservatism'.

I am a conservative; I will not pay for a pig in a poke when you can't even tell me the size of the poke or the gender of the pig or anything else about this alleged pig which no one has ever seen.  Try selling me a unicorn; you will get the same response.