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And those red flags are…? You seem to be criticizing the author of the paper instead of the paper itself, which, in my book, is itself a red flag.
by amluto 4y ago
And those red flags are…?
You seem to be criticizing the author of the paper instead of the paper itself, which, in my book, is itself a red flag.
- theCrowing 4y agoThe biggest was probably stating the results as facts in the result section and only as "more likely" in the conclusion. Sample size, taking only part of the genomes. The code quality of their scripts on GitHub and especially the comments in them. Bad spelling and convulted sentences... there is a lot more have a look yourself.
- dekhn 4y agohttps://twitter.com/acritschristoph/status/1583486403416969216 https://twitter.com/acritschristoph/status/15834864034169692... among other scientists has a long list of criticisms. I have not looked into any of this work and make no judgements about the relative believability, but many of the criticisms are entirely about the claims, not the pedigree of the scientist. See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33279281 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33279281