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Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by tomthe on Thursday May 19, 2022 @10:10AM (#31434871)
Yes, you are of course right. One shouldn't dismiss good work because of some flaws. But anyway... this is a rather silly pie chart and I wonder how this was able to pass through multiple authors and peer-review.
Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by civilized on Thursday May 19, 2022 @10:36AM (#31435226)
The popular conception of science is really outdated in this respect. Peer review still matters, but most meaningful peer review happens post-publication, not pre-publication. People should not take published papers as reliable statements of "what the science says".

Scientists are not going to expend a lot of effort on the thankless work of peer review, taking time away from their own careers, purely out of professional integrity and the goodness of their hearts. And their competency to do so is uneven at best anyway. What happens when the people who wrote this paper review other people's data?

Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by kylebenzle on Thursday May 19, 2022 @10:45AM (#31435340)
Can ANYONE actually say what is wrong with it? I see no issue other than ascetically it could be better but it shows the data correctly.