Author here. This is fair. Karwin's book also acknowledges there is a time and place for EAV, though I judged that it would detract from a post that was already

Author here. This is fair. Karwin's book also acknowledges there is a time and place for EAV, though I judged that it would detract from a post that was already quite lengthy. There's a saying I heard a while ago which I really like, which is "reverse all advice". Almost all advice, such as "be more careful about what you're eating" could be good for one person and bad for another. In our industry, I see EAV applied stupidly far more often than I see it used appropriately. In fact, I've never seen it used appropriately, even though such cases exist, so I err on the side of "your prior should be heavily anti-EAV - please take note of all the skulls down this path and think carefully before proceeding yourself".