The way you put it, as though all ideas that ever existed only ever had opponents who were illterate and did not have advanced degrees in anything. But the second part sounds fair and will take that to heart
Sorry, didn't mean to make it sound that way. The only position I really have on BUI is that it seems "worth testing, at the very least". There seem to be some interesting live trials going on in that regard, so I guess we'll see how they play out.
We can all tell that your conclusion was written before you read any studies or started on any premises, so please just stop having this conversation. One man's modus ponens is another's modus tolens, and all that.