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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9377013" data-attributes="member: 8461">I shouldn't have to explain that skepticism is not &quot;mistrust&quot; per se. Ditto for having to remind you that starting from that position until there's a good reason to abandon it is a principled stance.You literally just described the same thing two different ways. Pointing out that WotC hasn't provided the data necessary to make an informed judgment (which isn't &quot;badmouthing&quot; them; neither is pointing out that they've already made at least one error), is reason enough why judgment should be withheld, even if that wasn't already the default presumption. Hence, we should look skeptically on the results we're being spoonfed.I'd like for there to be more accurate data, but the people who presumably have it (i.e. WotC) don't seem to want to share it. In that regard, we can't judge whether or not what they're offering us is the &quot;best approximation&quot; or not. Saying &quot;anything is better than nothing&quot; is likewise not a stance I put any faith in, because that leads to potentially putting faith in bad conclusions, which is worse that simply noting that we don't have any good conclusions to rely on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 9377013, member: 8461"] I shouldn't have to explain that skepticism is not "mistrust" per se. Ditto for having to remind you that starting from that position until there's a good reason to abandon it is a principled stance. You literally just described the same thing two different ways. Pointing out that WotC hasn't provided the data necessary to make an informed judgment (which isn't "badmouthing" them; neither is pointing out that they've already made at least one error), is reason enough why judgment should be withheld, even if that wasn't already the default presumption. Hence, we should look skeptically on the results we're being spoonfed. I'd like for there to be more accurate data, but the people who presumably have it (i.e. WotC) don't seem to want to share it. In that regard, we can't judge whether or not what they're offering us is the "best approximation" or not. Saying "anything is better than nothing" is likewise not a stance I put any faith in, because that leads to potentially putting faith in bad conclusions, which is worse that simply noting that we don't have any good conclusions to rely on. [/QUOTE]

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