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Thank you for this. I am very disappointed in Matthew Walker. In fact, if I were working in the same field as him, these findings would cast a doubt on most of
by niknetniko 7y ago
Thank you for this.
I am very disappointed in Matthew Walker. In fact, if I were working in the same field as him, these findings would cast a doubt on most of his other work. The density of the errors almost makes me unsure which is worse: the errors are unintentional due to carelessness or they are deliberate to create a better sounding story. (Of course, the latter is worse as it is basically academic fraud.)
I believe there should be more books that are scientifically sound, yet accessible to most people. I thought this was one such book, but alas.
- guzey 7y agoYou might enjoy the section where I cover a little bit of his academic work, in case you missed it: https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/#appendix-but-this-is-just-a-popular-science-book-why-such-scrutiny-how-academic-urban-legends-are-created https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/#appendix-but-this-is-j... :)