Any easy testable critical claim should be tested. Science in action IMO. Nothing like empirical data collection. At some point you may find a data point that

Any easy testable critical claim should be tested. Science in action IMO. Nothing like empirical data collection. At some point you may find a data point that deviates and doesnt lock the account and might be able to reason how/why it happened. If nothing else you can at least quickly verify with high confidence and not just take a small conesus' word.