I was arguing neither for nor against it. My original conclusion wasn't that it didn't work, it was that the amount of actual research done was surprisingly sm

I was arguing neither for nor against it. My original conclusion wasn't that it didn't work, it was that the amount of actual research done was surprisingly small, and so that we didn't actually know what was being proclaimed as a done deal. It turns out I was wrong, and that there has been more research than I thought.