What was said earlier in this thread was precisely that — research on brain spotting is shaky / non-existent (the research that in fact touts the benefits of brain spotting).

It would be hard to come to that conclusion without the existence of research itself.

And yes, you’re right — there is a lot of research that shows that the conclusions reached by previously conducted research were wrong. There is no way to get those findings / reach those conclusions in the absence of a general adherence to scientific principles. The point of research is not to have a final / unshakeable truth or total agreement but to basically be able to say that given all that we know and the most valid of the methods we have to test our ideas, here’s what we’re finding.

So, basically there is no way to do that with anecdotes — everyone’s equally right or not.

I’m not dismissing anyone’s personal experience with it — far from it. There’s a lot of stuff I believe that wouldn’t stand up to scientific rigor’s scrutiny and I’ll happily admit that and still say I won’t chuck it because it adds value in some way or the other to my life.