I think people aren't skeptical about this because it lines up with what they already expect. That's the case for me.
If the guy is lying and it's all made up, I'd still wager that if you assembled a collection of 130 papers on this topic, at most 10% would be valid [1]. So even if he's wrong, he's probably not wrong.
[1] I have an academic background, and I think invalid papers make it through peer review constantly. Peer review is not what people think it is.
If the guy is lying and it's all made up, I'd still wager that if you assembled a collection of 130 papers on this topic, at most 10% would be valid [1]. So even if he's wrong, he's probably not wrong.
[1] I have an academic background, and I think invalid papers make it through peer review constantly. Peer review is not what people think it is.