They didn't though! They had access to the same body of work, but their individual biases, tastes, and intuitions would have skewed both which research they pai

They didn't though! They had access to the same body of work, but their individual biases, tastes, and intuitions would have skewed both which research they paid attention to, and how much credence they gave it. This is essentially my point. We all have access to the same set of data, but we all look at it a little differently.