I fully get how you don't appreciate my cynicism, but seriously: how much mental energy are you willing to spend on figuring out these ridiculous political power trips?
The starting point for reality is to figure out what the rules (if any are) and then to ask whether they’re applied, which is what I did. Someone questioned something I wrote and I attempted to clarify it.
Are the rules unscientific, inconsistent, and ridiculous, sure. But they’re also enforced (based on the responses I got), so whether they’re scientific or not doesn’t move the needle for me.