[compiler-guy]

You did read the author's qualifications, did you not?

Consider your qualifications, ('I am a complete noob in this field.') compared to theirs.

Amy Price, DPhil (Oxon) ... earned her Doctorate in Evidence Based Health Care at The University ofOxford.

Larry Chu, MD, MS (Epidemiology) ....

If anyone understands the science, and the limitations of their study, it is themselves and they caveated their conclusions carefully.

Is it peer reviewed? No. But it is the best science we have at the moment.

A noob in the field isn't going to find a hole in two minutes that two serious professionals haven't thought about.

[NegatioN]

I'm not asking, because I don't trust that this is the best information we have. I am asking, because I want to understand more about how certain the people who understand the subject are about this recommendation.

I thought we (as a computer science-centric population) valued learning over credentials?

I didn't mean to come off as agressively taking a stance, which is /why/ I wrote that I don't know anything about this topic.

[compiler-guy]

They carefully caveated their results, and we all know this isn't peer-reviewed or replicated--although it has been informally reviewed by other scientists.

But it is also very safe to say that serious scientists don't put forth studies that someone completely uncredentialled can poke a hole in with two minutes of thought.