I don't understand this sentiment. Once something is automated by one person, that same work can apply to everyone. There is no reason everyone needs the skills to do that. It's the same with any other skill.
"statistical analysis is the new reading. the sooner we get everyone on board with that the faster we can start new scientific experiments and change the world."
Reading is special because it's required to take in new knowledge and communicate quickly.
They threw an open-source contributor under the bus for rejecting a pull request that changed a code comment. Knee-jerk responses are definitely part of their modus operandi.
As a non-security focused company, they probably don't think there is an issue giving so much power to one command that can be issued by a single person.
"statistical analysis is the new reading. the sooner we get everyone on board with that the faster we can start new scientific experiments and change the world."
Reading is special because it's required to take in new knowledge and communicate quickly.