> then you should have no opinion about the probability of it being true or not Rather, I said when we read papers we should realize that results are tentative

> then you should have no opinion about the probability of it being true or not Rather, I said when we read papers we should realize that results are tentative. It's fine to have some personal assessment of the probability, but it's not actionable by anyone, and communicating it doesn't assist in improving our collective assessment of what is going on in the world. I'd also suggest that we probably don't, in fact, "often need and should be able to make a summary assessment..."