RFK Jr.’s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions
RFK Jr.’s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions
The move comes after RFK Jr. called top medical journals “corrupt.”…
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I mean, correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t Nature and its subject-specific varieties considered some of the most reputable and prestigious scientific publications?
Yeah, getting published in Nature is a career gold star achievement. They’re very high impact (meaning many other scientific papers cite their articles).
And, for that reason, about half the papers (depending on the field) published in Nature are wrong.
I’m dying at the irony of claiming 50% of all Nature articles are wrong while also providing literally no evidence
Got evidence for that bold claim?
Anecdotal only, sorry. I'm sure it varies by field, and it's more about letters than longer papers. There are probably fields where Nature is excellent, but I know that there is at least one where the odds of a letter to Nature being accurate a few years later is about 50%.
Ok, so you got nothing, and you're talking out of your ass. Great, thanks. Go outside.
Citation needed
Because the journal is so highly respected, half the papers are wrong?
What
I'm a researcher. Nature is good but it still has mistakes. Sometimes they are a tad sloppy but they are still far, far better than what you may know from popular science. In general, some mistakes are normal and expected because science works by finding and fixing mistakes, not by immediately discovering ultimate truth. This applies even in math.
I can agree with that. And I'm sure it's because letters on the forefront are published quickly without time to consider all the possible problems.
tell me you have never read a Nature published piece, without saying you have never read a scientific paper
Doubtful.
That said, you're kind of just describing how peer review works, no?
Yeah that's just stupid
Even if true (which I doubt since you present no evidence) that's still a 50% better error rate than RFK Jr and his band of cranks and quacks.
If we go by impact factor (a measure of how often the articles a journal publishes are cited elsewhere), various Nature publications are six of the top ten journals in the world and Nature itself is 15th
Yes. It's pretty much the definition of a high quality peer-reviewed journal.
To RFKJ the only reliable scientific sources are Facebook memes and the labels on quack cures.