>I'm trying to not be rude here, but my inclination is to tell you to just go look for such studies or run such a study yourself

I am not the one who is asserting things, they are. Custom demands that the person asserting something is the one who is to bring evidence.

>HN has decided to move the conversation forward, and I give them kudos for that.

If we run around on hearsay and feelings, how do we really know what is forwards? You could end up damaging the very goal you are trying to get to.