:::::Again we have a different understanding of English, here, "must". Like the flat-earth theory, fiducucial inference made claims that were false. There are many such failed systems of "inference", which are not mentioned. Where is the discussion of "fiducial inference" (or "flat-earth theories") in JASA 2000? That review of statistics had discussions on information complexity, which Melcombe neglected to discuss while he inserted "fiducial inference" in yet another article.