Or perhaps the company shopped around for some expert opinions it liked.
In another thread, I mentioned that there are three threshold criteria for trusting expert opinion:
Before you can trust the expert consensus, you need to determine (1) what the proper class of experts is; (2) what exactly the issue in controversy is; and (3) how the experts actually stack up on that issue.
In the situation you describe, (3) does not appear to be satisfied.
Or perhaps the company shopped around for some expert opinions it liked.
In another thread, I mentioned that there are three threshold criteria for trusting expert opinion:
In the situation you describe, (3) does not appear to be satisfied.