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Glad to see this didn’t get flagged like the other two submissions. I guess if you care about public health, it would be good to take this and other reasonable

Glad to see this didn’t get flagged like the other two submissions. I guess if you care about public health, it would be good to take this and other reasonable concerns into account when evaluating risk and benefit. I don’t see Reddit as a more legitimate authority than the AHA, but maybe I’m too old school. My concern is that if Reddit should be treated as the ultimate authority, doesn’t their karma system and notoriously biased moderation present a bit of a problem? It’s not at all transparent, not that peer reviewed journal article are a panacea.

hutzlibu 5y ago
"I don’t see Reddit as a more legitimate authority than the AHA" Who is doing so? I just saw arguments from reddit, that seem convincing. And the AHA itself labels that paper as possible not trustworthy. And the guy itself did actual heart surgery so it seems he is capable of something, but the other research he was doing do show some esoteric red flags for me. He still could be right with all of it and I would like people with more expertise to take a deep look, but I would be honestly surprised now, if it holds up.
- newbamboo 5y ago
  “Who is doing so?” The other 2 submissions, which were both flagged, seemingly on the basis of Reddit’s mostly ad hominem rejection of the, by all appearances methodologically sound, report. I’m all for peer review that includes non-peer laypeople, but I don’t think that should be Reddit’s role in our society. Reddit shouldn’t be made the final arbiter of scientific truth. Sadly, mine seems to be the less popular view on the matter.
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > The other 2 submissions, which were both flagged, seemingly on the basis of Reddit’s I suspect your mind-reading is flawed.