I very much agree with you and also would really like some clear evidence of that. My opinion was formed from another area that is related : the pretense that

I very much agree with you and also would really like some clear evidence of that. My opinion was formed from another area that is related : the pretense that “forged” knife are stronger, and hold their edges better, etc. I have seen some mostly nonsensical electronically microscope observations that didn’t prove anything except minor differences in “fiber” patterns that cannot be reliably be shown to be better in experimental protocols (provided you heat treat the metal in the same way and everything else being equal in particular the particular alloy). I think this is one of those things that people keep repeating without any evidence because very is a large amount of marketing behind it as well as vested interests to sell more expensive supposedly superior “artisanal” stuff. There are many examples of the likes, being mostly belief/lores repeated ad nauseam that becomes “true” just because everyone is saying it, yet with no hard evidence !