Medicine is rife with selective demands for rigor. For example:
The evidence behind current dietary guidelines is weak https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0899900710002893
But it is demanded that critics meet a high hurdle https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31278-8/fulltext
Before taking statins consider “Statin wars: have we been misled about theevidence? A narrative review” doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-098497
Link to that last one: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/early/2018/01/16/bjsports-2017-098497.full.pdf?ijkey=Rsap0XafljfcOCR&keytype=ref
Medicine is rife with selective demands for rigor. For example:
The evidence behind current dietary guidelines is weak https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0899900710002893
But it is demanded that critics meet a high hurdle https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31278-8/fulltext
Before taking statins consider “Statin wars: have we been misled about the
evidence? A narrative review” doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-098497
Link to that last one: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/early/2018/01/16/bjsports-2017-098497.full.pdf?ijkey=Rsap0XafljfcOCR&keytype=ref