Agreed, though also I really appreciate this sort of "obvious" experiment, because the incentives really aren't set up to encourage it and we've been surprised

Agreed, though also I really appreciate this sort of "obvious" experiment, because the incentives really aren't set up to encourage it and we've been surprised often enough over the centuries that Actually Double Checking is probably something we should do more of. (there's a parallel here to 'more negative results' and 'more replications')