Except some of those won't be. We're taking life or death decisions here. (Or at least productive years of life.) There is always a cost and this cost did come

Except some of those won't be. We're taking life or death decisions here. (Or at least productive years of life.) There is always a cost and this cost did come to bite you sooner or later. The highest standard for decision making is definitely not "going with your gut". I wonder if anyone is actually claiming this or you just like to build strawmen. Typical reasons to adopt a practice is politics and marketing, then legacy, only then followed by effectiveness...