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I’m not very knowledgeable about this, but I was wondering if MIT (professor?) co-authorship precludes papers from coming to the wrong conclusions? Or is it we’

by alimov 4y ago

I’m not very knowledgeable about this, but I was wondering if MIT (professor?) co-authorship precludes papers from coming to the wrong conclusions? Or is it we’ll know that when a co-author is from MIT that the paper is as rigorous and objective as possible?

cft 4y ago
I am just comparing the potential veracity of a peer reviewed article in Nature of two MIT authors and one emergency physician from Ben Gurion University with a one line dismissal and a newspaper link. Which one is "we'll [sic] known" to be more plausible?
- fsh 4y ago
  This is not published in Nature. Scientific reports is much less prestigious and selective.
- alimov 4y ago
  Ok I understand
- buildbot 4y ago
  I said possibly less reliable because of some interesting data mismatches, not dismissing it. considering then other comments addressing the flaws in their stats, it seems quite wrong. I have a Masters degree from UBC and work as a data scientist, not that actually matters…
  - cft 4y ago
    Can you point to the specific error in the paper? I have a PhD from MIT, but I am not sure why "UBC" is relevant to the paper in question.
    - buildbot 4y ago
      I cannot, it is not my area of expertise. For the same reason "MIT" is relevant.