Ha how meta is this comment because the obvious inference one makes from the title is "Why Most Published Research Findings on Covid Are False" and that goes against the science politics. If only he had avoided the topic of Covid entirely, then he would be well regarded.
> Why Most Published Research Findings on Covid Are False
Well, that's why there was so much focus on replication, multiple data sources and meta-analyses. The focus was there because the assumption is each study is flawed and those tools help extract better signal from the noise of individual studies.
> and that goes against the science politics
I don't think I follow you here. Are you referring to the anti-science populism? That's really the only science politics I'm aware of now that creationism and climate skepticism have been firmly put to rest.
> If only he had avoided the topic of Covid entirely, then he would be well regarded.
I think it's more that his predictions were bad and poorly reasoned and he chose to defend them on right wind media outlets instead of making his case among scientists.
He's not the first well-regarded scientist to go off on a politically-fueled side quest later in his career. Kary Mullis is a famous example.
Ha ha, I suppose as long as he goes on left wing media outlets and make bad and poorly reasoned predictions that follow left wing politics, then he would be well regarded.
And please, don't pretend like there is no left wing aligned science politics that is as much based on science as flat earthers. I assume you haven't been hibernating during the covid times. All the doctors who did exactly that are doing fine with regard to their reputations.
Calling Ioanidis a "covid conspiracy theorist" is carrying the flag at the head of the culture war. Playing dumb doesn't make you look above the discussion, it makes you look dishonest.
I am a science dude. I read mostly science and talk to other science people. That's how I got my covid info. I wasn't on social media until recently. I have no idea what fringe political groups were into during the covid era. I also have no idea what flat earthers have anything to do with it.
