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This essay, convinced me that people with no domain specific knowledge can cherry-pick ideas to support any BS they want

• georgewsinger 5y ago
  https://twitter.com/alexeyguzey/status/1490664815039234051 https://twitter.com/alexeyguzey/status/1490664815039234051 I think the author has been pretty forthright in seeking critiques from professional sleep researchers and neuroscientists.
  • nnoitra 5y ago
    I will post random theories about the nature of the universe and I'll tweet that I'm expecting critiques from physicists about my theory. Damn, should look good on a resume.
    • guzey 5y ago
      Hilarious. Except for the fact that a bunch of neuroscientists actually read my draft and gave me comments a lot of which I incorporated in the essay, e.g. https://guzey.com/theses-on-sleep/#appendix-philipp-streicher-on-homeostasis-its-relationship-to-maniadepression-and-on-other-points-i-make https://guzey.com/theses-on-sleep/#appendix-philipp-streiche...
    • subw00f 5y ago
• tomp 5y ago
  Here is another one of Alexey’s essays that might convince you that people with tons of domain-specific knowledge (and credentials too!) can also cherry-pick ideas to support any BS they want. https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/ https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/ Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors
• aaron695 5y ago
• henryaj 5y ago
  Did we read different articles?
• chrisco255 5y ago
  People with domain specific knowledge do it just as often. It's a human condition.