It's also interesting to note that this is quite literally a case of academic "silencing", at least insofar as the journal and authors have tried their hardest to quash any hint of our critique
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Without twitter, and the media attention it brought, I doubt very much that this paper would ever have been corrected. The only reason the authors were forced to respond is that the editors were contacted by the Guardian for comment
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Even then, the lead author's ONLY response to us pointing out that his paper was mathematically impossible was that our critique was not peer-reviewed
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Here are very powerful people - editors at one of the biggest academic journals in the world - dragging their heels and attempting to silence critics And yet, not a peep from people who claim to care about this sort of thing regularly Odd, that
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This study should have been entirely retracted. Thank you for speaking up.
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Have a non peer-reviewed like
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The civility police are not interested in civility. They are only interested in protecting themselves, their patrons, and their proteges.
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Well put.
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