I feel like a more fundamental question is "Who is qualified to interpret the data?" Then you can ask, "Of the qualified people, what were they saying at the t

I feel like a more fundamental question is "Who is qualified to interpret the data?" Then you can ask, "Of the qualified people, what were they saying at the time?" And if you care to dive deeper, "What evidence were they using to support their opinion?" and "What is the earliest that credible information arrived that should have changed their position?" and "Did their position change, when enough new evidence came in?" Is there some better set of questions you can think of than mine?