[LeonB]

Regarding the question:

“If you are lost in a city would you rather have the wrong map or no map at all?”

I’d talk to a local, because they have knowledge on the topic. They’re a bit like the experts who have spent years in the field here, whose opinions are being dismissed with straw man arguments.

Generally when a non-expert on a topic says “here is a glaringly obvious flaw with an entire field that has been overlooked by everyone working in that field, that I spotted after two minutes of deliberation” - it’s quite a big call. When they then support their argument with primarily straw man arguments and other bad faith tactics, it’s very weak and okay to just ignore it.