• MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Creds don’t mean shit.

    That’s why any decent academic publication has riggerous peer review.

    Also, have you read the article? It’s just this dude rambling about how the matrix silenced him, and they had no right, and it was all unfounded, and it’s all because advocates stand to make money.

    Without providing a shred of evidence.

    I submitted to you that If someone viciously misrepresented my work as he claims was done to him I would publish a meticulous response with lots of facts, figures, and evidence. However, this article is not that.

    For instance: what is this “problematic search strategy” the bccsu mentioned? Why did he not elaborate and rebut their claims?

    • Welder@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Fair point. From the research paper itself his standards for studies he cited were:

      1. Reporting original research findings
      2. Advocating for safe supply
      3. Appearing in peer reviewed journals

      From a CBC article another commenter here posted, the BCCSU’s issues with his paper are as follows: “Its conclusion is not based on existing evidence; It does not accurately describe safer supply interventions; It does not accurately portray the preferences of people who use drugs; It mischaracterizes the research expertise of those currently evaluating safer supply; Recommendations that go beyond safe supply are not based on scientific evidence”

      Then, from the original posted article: “The letter’s signatories (the matrix) didn’t mention that they were the authors of the papers we reviewed or that they received funding linked to PSAD.”

      Unfortunately it gets political and enters a grey area of “yes that’s my data and no it doesn’t currently support this but you’re not interpreting it the way I did and my way is right”

      Apologies for the wall of text