aquabarron t1_jcuy6sa wrote on March 19, 2023 at 7:26 PM

Reply to comment by drm3rc in Specific cannabinoids revive adaptive immunity by reversing immune evasion mechanisms in metastatic tumours by Defiant_Race_7544

It sounds like he/she is knowledgeable and also has experience/familiarity in this field of study. There is no need to pose a call to authority based off what they said

drm3rc t1_jcv87ee wrote on March 19, 2023 at 8:35 PM

My comment was tongue in cheek about the all knowing redditors who critiquing published science. As if they were the equivalent of a journal reviewer/editor. Especially criticizing something like proper experimental controls, as if the reviewers didn’t notice - it’s arrogant/ignorant to the process

aquabarron t1_jcvz779 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 11:55 PM

I’m not picking up on how it’s tongue-in-cheek, it seems like a direct callout. Guess I’ll just have to take your word on it

drm3rc t1_jcwhutg wrote on March 20, 2023 at 2:19 AM

Alright fine, then it’s a direct call out because the likelihood of a redditor being in the upper echelons of immunology and molecular biology like the authors, editors, and reviewers is slim. Unless they are amongst the prestige of researchers in this field, they have no right to be so arrogant and say “they got the wrong controls”.

Watch now, he’ll be a Nobel laureate or something

aquabarron t1_jcwmhju wrote on March 20, 2023 at 2:57 AM

He could be, you don’t know. Either way, a call to authority is a weak rebuttal. If you don’t know enough to counter his assertion head on then you likely know less than him. It may be Reddit, but a user who provides seemingly informed comments like the one in question on a sub-thread of this kind of study might actually have an informed opinion. Reddit is a large community and their are thousands of scientists involved in the research of cannabis at the moment, it’s a current hot-topic of discussion, after all.