• protist@mander.xyz
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    8 months ago

    This is a rebuttal by the author of the book that was the target of that recent Nature article. He’s a professor at NYU who’s been studying this for a long time

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        8 months ago

        Frankly, he needs thicker skin if he wants to publish at this level

        Au contraire. He’s not writing for a scientific audience, he’s writing for the NYT bestsellers audience. Thin skin somehow helps with the promotion of these books.