It's a vast overstatement to say even most of the claims are "well-known and mostly scientifically-established". Honestly, most of the claims are purely asserte

It's a vast overstatement to say even most of the claims are "well-known and mostly scientifically-established". Honestly, most of the claims are purely asserted. Some consist of wikipedia links or links to random single pieces of research. Those are far cries from the standard you set out. I agree the author should not have their arguments misrepresented. But this applies in both directions.