I find it unhelpful when a single questionable statistic is used to support a complicated thesis. In these cases, it would be better to listen to experts whose

I find it unhelpful when a single questionable statistic is used to support a complicated thesis. In these cases, it would be better to listen to experts whose opinion is based on a significantly more complicated set of criteria. In that case we still have to judge the quality of the expert, but perhaps if that seems daunting as well then we should perhaps consider ourselves unable to judge the answer at all. I find that more appealing than walking away with a certainty of opinion on the subject of this article.