It's also quite jarring to come across a paper on a niche topic (e.g a specific hormone's effects on certain biological processes), that completely botches simple, fundamental and accepted facts in your field; facts that the main thesis relies on.
It's absolutely silly and I find myself finding little of use in the author's conclusions, or their observations. After spending way too much time parsing through endless research papers, the only things I pay attention anymore are methodology and data.
This tells me: is the data relevant to my work? And was the data collected "properly" (I swear, half the time the researchers half-ass methodology that the results are fairly worthless)
Disrespectfully, for someone that harps on about the main thesis, you fail to ascertain the blog author's main point:
Matt Walker is lacking integrity. Despite his Ivy League status, despite his PhD and numerous accomplishments, and despite all his prestige and educational attainment, he's still a high-quality conman.
That's the point. He twisted facts to sell a book and abused his position of authority to mislead others for money.
It's absolutely silly and I find myself finding little of use in the author's conclusions, or their observations. After spending way too much time parsing through endless research papers, the only things I pay attention anymore are methodology and data.
This tells me: is the data relevant to my work? And was the data collected "properly" (I swear, half the time the researchers half-ass methodology that the results are fairly worthless)