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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9377012" data-attributes="member: 8461">And I'm just saying that a conclusion, presented without any mention of how it was reached, is something of which we should be skeptical purely as a matter of principle.I'm not making any assertions which require evidence to back up.Which also means that it's fairly pointless to put any faith in the infographic WotC put out.And I'm saying that makes the results of those surveys suspect, and while I'd like to allay those suspicions by looking at the data that went into them, not being able to do that doesn't mean we should just throw our hands in the air and say that we should accept what we're being told.Which, I hope, explains why skepticism should be the default stance.Just because your or I don't see something doesn't mean it isn't there; that requires actually making an inquiry, which itself requires data. Not to mention that overlooks the possibility of an error on their part, such as the one they already admit they made, something which everyone overlooks for some reason.And EN World members are a completely different data set anyway.Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like we'll know, because apparently even suggesting that WotC's lack of explaining how they got their conclusions seems to ruffle quite a few feathers here.</blockquote>