Another thing that really matters - Peer review from other experts in the field. We have mechanisms whose job it is to do what this article was talking about, s

Another thing that really matters - Peer review from other experts in the field. We have mechanisms whose job it is to do what this article was talking about, see if the claims made add up/if the references are interpreted correctly etc. It's obviously not perfect, but it's a hell of a lot better than no peer review