I don’t think this should be surprising. Traditional knowledge (which I would group bro-science under) contains a lot of legitimate insights. Bro scientists are focused on getting measurable results, and they know when they achieve that. The main downsides of their lack of rigour are that they don’t have very good mechanisms for eliminating useless superstitions, and of course the lack of safety controls in their experiments (which I think most of them probably understand and accept).
Sumerian shamans were also right about chewing willow bark (along with countless other examples of that sort of thing).
Sumerian shamans were also right about chewing willow bark (along with countless other examples of that sort of thing).