Transparency and detail are everything in science.
The plural of anecdotes is not data
I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.
You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.
Amazing things happen when you pull individual pieces of information together into larger linked datasets: meaning emerges, as you produce facts from figures.
Just just because there are flaws in aircraft design that doesn't mean flying carpets exist.