[Werewolf255]

Sorry everyone, but this doesn't pass the smell test for me. Over half of their citations are for research that's 20-40 years old, and their more contemporary citations are from papers the authors themselves published in the last ten years.

[samatman]

Hard agree. The test protocol is one step removed from a Scientology e-meter and the prose makes it crystal-clear that these 'researchers' are seeking to confirm their biases.

No way this replicates.

[ethanwillis]

20 years ago is the year 2004.

[blondin]

imagine that!

[tgv]

This isn't genetics. There's not much research in these areas. And a lot of it would be unrelated to the current article. There's also very little progress, if any. You really have to do better than "a smell test" based on some superficial judgement.

[smingo]

Not so sure that's fair. There are papers cited from 2016 that are from other authors.