The grain of salt part is needed because it's a speculation about some data that isn't even confirmed yet. Presumably the point is to put the speculation at th

The grain of salt part is needed because it's a speculation about some data that isn't even confirmed yet. Presumably the point is to put the speculation at the head of the queue just in case it is. Which is fair enough, but until there's confirmation of an anomaly the speculation is just... speculative.