The peer review process is a joke. I trust preprints just as much as peer-reviewed studies. Which is to say: 1) I read carefully, evaluate the methodology, as

The peer review process is a joke. I trust preprints just as much as peer-reviewed studies. Which is to say: 1) I read carefully, evaluate the methodology, assume authors are spinning for "high-impact" research, and believe results only once they've been replicated a few times by independent researchers using different methodologies. 2) I use results I haven't vetted like this in a probabilistic way -- they're often good for best practices, or identifying risks, but not as sources of ground truth.