This really looks like false positives plus sampling bias.https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1251193282006310915 …
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Or he might have consulted on some narrow technical point so they could get his name on the paper.
My recollection is that it seemed to be driven by him specifically. Check the @METRICStanford account, which is his research group.
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