Did you check the forum name? It's about audio science which in this case means measured performance of speakers in question. Anecdotal evidence can be entertaining but doesn't really add that much value unless you know a lot about the reviewer, his tastes, his experience, his room etc. It definitely can seem useful if, after praising review, one finds the speaker in question to have exactly the qualities the reviewer raved about. aka the same phenomenon which is meat and potatoes in hifi debates.
btw the blunt scalpel is rather boring straw man. If you have good arguments you don't need to go there.
