[adastra22]

The original paper proposing a YD impact was serious science put forward by serious academics, AFAIK: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1994902/

That it was later a cause taken up by creationists is annoying, but it has no bearing on the scientific question (which is as yet unsettled).

[cluckindan]

Too bad Dr. Firestone seems to have been the lead author in many articles which have been based on data that could not be reproduced by later authors.

E.g. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0908874106