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Huh? All were researchers. One was a physicist, and one a data scientist. One of the reviewers was a chemist.
by exporectomy 5y ago
Huh? All were researchers. One was a physicist, and one a data scientist. One of the reviewers was a chemist.
- jjk166 5y agoThey may be scientists in their own fields, but in the relevant field they are not.
- soco 5y agoThis raises for me a serious question, how good "scientists" they can be in their own fields. If they accept the method of cutting corners like this, or pulling data out of whatever, are they able to output trustworthy science in their own papers? I would think rather not, but I also don't know anything else about them.
- jjk166 5y agoFirst author is a science historian, and the physicist studies keto diets, I don't think they're used to particularly rigorous academic standards.
- bart_spoon 5y agoFirst author also apparently specializes in "alternative and complementary medicine" (i.e. homeopathy) and "parapsychology"[0]. Sounds like a crank. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Walach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Walach