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The authors have published this theory in Science, and this one is in Nature Communications. Probably any criticism we can come up with was provided during the
by metalspoon 3y ago
The authors have published this theory in Science, and this one is in Nature Communications. Probably any criticism we can come up with was provided during the review process.
I'm also unconvinced, but it is very difficult to criticize this theory fairly and from the internet at the moment.
- naasking 3y agoPeer review does not critique the plausibility of hypothesis, just the structure and quality of the paper's argument. At best, reviewers might say that the section on alternative explanations might be lacking.
- kelipso 3y agoYou can make any and all kinds of criticisms in peer review.
- naasking 3y agoSure, but gatekeeping ideas you disagree with is not the purpose of peer review, and distorts its true purpose of ensuring the research and it's presentation passes some minimal quality threshold such that the community can understand and debate it.
- wrycoder 3y agoThat’s the theory, anyway. In practice, the acceptability of the hypothesis in the current paradigm is central.