news.ycombinator.com• Sep 21, 2024• 1 min read
Serious question: What to make of "crazy" folk's research?Greg J Marchand, MD has co-authored Systematic review and meta-analysis of vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery vs laparoscopic hysterectomy https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10910317/.I have no way to tell if there are any problems with the methodology, conclusions, etc. I know nothing about the topic or how to assess sciency stuff.BUT, I can say that based on his response to a Kamala Harris tweet that women are not receiving the care they need and deserve, in which he called the VP a "lying piece of sh!t", that I question his research. (https://bsky.app/profile/mollyknight.bsky.social/post/3l4nckbgsly2g).So, serious question: Should the MD's research be taken seriously based on his socials, this response in particular, his reviews, etc.?