> Plus, wouldn’t a reasonable critique not matter who wrote it? Of course, but one problem with scientific critiques like this is that they are written towards

> Plus, wouldn’t a reasonable critique not matter who wrote it? Of course, but one problem with scientific critiques like this is that they are written towards laymen (this is on Twitter) who probably don’t have the understanding of whether a critique is reasonable or not. So the identity of the person who is performing the critique does have value in that context. In a true peer review scenario it shouldn’t be that way, scientific critiques should be evaluated on their merits alone.