[rbranson]

Actually, this is empirical evidence of the validity of this approach gained through observation of successful, real-world implementations. I'm not saying it's good purely because it's from Amazon or because any one person said it was good, but that there are many successful large-scale systems built using these principles that do not suffer the durability issues from your hypothesis.

While not proof in the scientific sense, this type of evidence is used as a basis for scientific theories that explain much of what we know about the world.

However, I still look forward to your detailed, rigorous rebuttal of my arguments in the previous comment.