The linked post seemed to run far ahead of the presented evidence - and this is a kind of situation in which the scientific method is known to be quite powerful.
Sure. Dark arts don't stain the power of scientific approach, though probably defy the purpose.
We've had these for a year, I'm sure we all know what to do by now.
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