Disagreement over science should not consist of personal attacks That is not an excuse for uncritically accepting all bad science, nor for refusing to critique things that are clearly flawed
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The problem is that some people see any criticism of senior academics by their juniors as impolite and disrespectful, and therefore a personal attack I find this attitude endlessly absurd
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If you reject valid criticisms of work because of the forum that it appears in, or the person making them, then you are no longer interested in science or facts It really is that simple
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I've also been accused of having a 'bad vendetta' against Prof Ioannidis (maybe by the same folks who accused you
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1. I used to be a huge fan
2. I was the editor who peer-reviewed & published the essay that made him mega famous 1/2https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124 … -
Wow! Yes I was a big fan last year, I still think he seems like a smart guy it's just unfortunate that he's published papers with so many massive errors in them and spent so much time spreading misinformation about COVID-19
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I did indeed. Several times
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