[forapurpose]

> represent better what is widely accepted in the field

How do you know this? Are you a practitioner in the field?

> when source A says explicitly that source B is wrong but source B makes no such claim about source A, you should usually believe source A

Yikes. That is scary: "You are wrong." You'd better respond or else that proves it.

"Newton is wrong." "Darwin is wrong about evolution." "Climate change scientists are all wrong." "Popper is wrong about postpositivism." "The legal system is wrong about the right to cross-examination."