law school textbooks be like “i don’t know what to tell you, nobody’s explained this part of common law since 1854″
like medicine textbooks are any better. “the best anesthetic option for this procedure is whatever the fuck you like, they are all valid, but if you choose [Option 1] the patient may die horribly and you will burn in hell forever, if you choose [Option 2] should be fine, but will certainly die in the most horrible way if you get the tiniest detail wrong. And if you choose [Option 3] which we actually recommend, they may die still just because. good luck.”
or
“the ethiology of this disease remains unclear but it has been theorized by [314 pages of names, dates and research references] that it is in fact caused by witchcraft.”
“We still don’t know for sure exactly how paracetamol works, but we can buy it over the counter and give it to babies.”