It doesn't have to be beyond the pale. There are plenty of totally scientific and statistical facts, observed many times over by many different studies, that reveal uncomfortable truths you will be cancelled for talking about.

Whether it's IQ or crime demographics, or something more esoteric, we're increasingly entering into a time where you have to toe the line of orthodoxy or risk losing your livelihood. This means we can't actually get better studies into these areas, nor can we propose policy mechanisms that might actually work towards improving reality, because we are incapable of basing policies on unorthodox facts.