alt Hacker NewsI never said that I am not willing to believe the contrary.
I am not willing to believe the contrary from strangers on the interwebs or PR departments of companies who want to sell me something.
If people I genuinely trust tell me about their experiences, I am willing to try again.
But yes, if it doesn't work for me (for whatever reason, could be that I am holding it wrong), then I can accept that it works for everyone but me and still not use it.
Also "scientific" doesn't mean what it used to mean. When the n is small or it's just anecdotes (I am aware of the irony) blown out of proportion I really can't take the data and conclusions seriously
N isn’t small, science means what it’s always meant, statistics is a thing, and what you’re describing is just putting your trust in a very poor quality benchmark. You said you would not trust any data that indicates something that contradicts your opinion. Benchmarks are not PR they are designed by a variety of institutions completely outside the control of frontier labs. Again congratulations on your conspiracy theory.