With respect to moving, shouldn't the burden of changing something to presumably make something better, fall on people willing to take a risk, though ? There

With respect to moving, shouldn't the burden of changing something to presumably make something better, fall on people willing to take a risk, though ? There is nothing offensive with you moving, yet the point of what is offensive was better explained by user theNJR >>> the point of academics is to study and report on things they're not personally involved with? This is right if we make distinctions on scientists vs academics. Academics opine on things with no risk to themselves and usually what they report is a test that cannot be reproduced scientifically. Scientists present facts on which they personally have a stake on (for example, a microbiologist studying a dangerous bacteria; a chemist trying not to accidentally blow up, etc) . To your point, you are correct RE: academic reporting. My argument is that maybe we should listen with a high degree of skepticism when such people talk. It doesn't completely invalidate any report (although in this example, there's no data to back assertions) , but as with most things from academics go, they are usually not testable, so. (What people say and people do are different things)