I think you're misunderstanding what the OP is talking about. They aren't defending the practice, just that it's not necessarily an obvious answer to a question

I think you're misunderstanding what the OP is talking about. They aren't defending the practice, just that it's not necessarily an obvious answer to a question that should not be asked. > the most reasonable and rational conclusion is that In the context of science, this statement is a very dangerous one to make. There's many many many many things that people thought were "reasonable and rational conclusions" that turned out to be completely wrong after some actual rational experimentation and application of the scientific method.