Ah, I see. I thought you were going more along the lines of the &quot;how can we know anything?&quot; sort of philosophical questions.<p>In the matters that you&#x27;re talking about, it may just be that we can&#x27;t really know. Certain things take years to figure out (take Feynman&#x27;s example of the Milikan value): people still −I assume− had to use some value while the &quot;official&quot; value was shifting.<p>I&#x27;m not sure I&#x27;d call that cargo culting necessarily. If the best case to be made right now is in favour of the majority position, then I think one should go with the majority position. I&#x27;d say that one should still keep a healthy dose of skepticism and be ready to change their mind if the balance of evidence changes… but then, it may be that managers&#x2F;leaders need to feel committed and that a &quot;healthy dose&quot; for them is very, very little.