Mass shooting in the middle school Vladislav Ribnikar in Belgrade

[Thumpalumpacus]

A terrible study is still better than a-priori reasoning, and a-priori reasoning is better than intuition.

A terrible study proves nothing -- except perhaps that the author is a sloppy investigator or bad at designing experiments. It is just as useless as intuition, so neither should be taken as gospel. At that point we should design and execute a well-designed study.

I suspect that on this topic, the public opinions have hardened so much that no researcher will get a straight answer.