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An interview in the New York Times is not an academic research paper. In this context, it's reasonable for the interviewer to take the mathematician's word for
by streptomycin 14y ago
An interview in the New York Times is not an academic research paper. In this context, it's reasonable for the interviewer to take the mathematician's word for it rather than hammering away at a pedantic detail that may or may not be relevant.
- Almaviva 14y agoThis would be reasonable if people who ought to know better didn't commit this kind of elementary error constantly, particularly in nutrition. It is your attitude, that it's reasonable to publish a scientific article in a major publication without independent thought and fact checking, that I am challenging.
- scott_s 14y agoit's reasonable to publish a scientific article in a major publication without independent thought and fact checking The person you are replying to did not say or imply that.