Yet the four rules are widely known and pretty much universally accepted, with the noted exception of yourself and Manatee, of course.
Most of what has been widely known and universally accepted at some point was found later to be wrong or lacking and modified in some way to improve effectiveness.
Yes, even the original 1911 design was worthy of revision.
I'm also comfortable enough playing the role of devil's advocate on occasion (not that I am in this particular case - OR AM I?).