Absolutely agree with what you say, but I wanted to pick a nit here: > Being pedantic about whether or not this happens in an SQL query, or across multiple cod

Absolutely agree with what you say, but I wanted to pick a nit here: > Being pedantic about whether or not this happens in an SQL query, or across multiple codebases, or by region, doesn't escape the question. Actually, epistemic ~"muddying of the waters" is a well proven technique to control perceptions and public discourse. If it works on HN folks, I expect it would work much more easily on amateurs.