May I ask what your respective scientific and genetics backgrounds are? I ask because this piece reads like many pieces where enthusiastic non-scientists pull together a bunch of papers without being able to assess the quality of those papers. I’ve also noticed a behaviour where you can’t assess the quality of a paper then you over-estimate the positive effects that confirm your beliefs and ignore potential negative effects. This is an odd approach for most biologists I’ve worked with but is pretty typical of a layman. You also happy to work with single papers for many of your ideas, which again is something laymen inexperienced with scientific problems would do.
You’d like me to point out where you’ve only referenced individual papers for particular ideas and concepts? I can do that but I’d appreciate an answer to my question first if that’s okay.
If you have listened to the episode it would be nice to relay what those details were. I’m not so interested in listening to a 2 hour podcast mostly about what I just read above to get a few sentences of detail especially so when Gene is here! I’m also keen to know about Kman’s background too.
May I ask what your respective scientific and genetics backgrounds are? I ask because this piece reads like many pieces where enthusiastic non-scientists pull together a bunch of papers without being able to assess the quality of those papers. I’ve also noticed a behaviour where you can’t assess the quality of a paper then you over-estimate the positive effects that confirm your beliefs and ignore potential negative effects. This is an odd approach for most biologists I’ve worked with but is pretty typical of a layman. You also happy to work with single papers for many of your ideas, which again is something laymen inexperienced with scientific problems would do.
I’d be interested in hearing where specifically you think we are doing that.
You’d like me to point out where you’ve only referenced individual papers for particular ideas and concepts? I can do that but I’d appreciate an answer to my question first if that’s okay.
GeneSmith gave some more details about his background in this episode of the Bayesian Conspiracy podcast: https://www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/2025/02/231-superbabies-with-gene-smith/
If you have listened to the episode it would be nice to relay what those details were. I’m not so interested in listening to a 2 hour podcast mostly about what I just read above to get a few sentences of detail especially so when Gene is here! I’m also keen to know about Kman’s background too.