Sounds like a false analogy. "independent verification" is subjective. Who does the verification, do you trust them, how do you know they didn't screw up. "be

Sounds like a false analogy. "independent verification" is subjective. Who does the verification, do you trust them, how do you know they didn't screw up. "benchmarks" are objective. A is faster than B, we know because of the way that it is.