The academic/publishing process is far from perfect already (conflicts of interest, funding, political pressure, institutional pressure, personal pride), now imagine throwing a "Catgirl Girlfriend" (that trolls on an anonymous social media account) into the mix.
Free speech is fine, it's the listeners I have a problem with.
I know of a 3D graphics format interop workgroup at an official Standard Setting Organization where some of the main contributors are MAdjDuckSauce type handles and its caused no lack of backflipping through hoops to get their input codified because of ISO 9000 prescribed forms that still want your employer organization's fax number listed.
In fact, how this whole story played out on arXiv is a great example of the power of all hands on deck crowdsourced global fact checking in the broad noisy open realtime light of day. More claims should be subject to this kind of wide net scrutiny not less.
(*Correction to post above it should read "ethnically Soviet" as pointed out below)
- "70% CuS impurity" are you sure you didn't grab the Chalcocite by accident?
- There's no significant CuS in samples prepared at 925°C. There cannot be.
- I tried forcefully introducing sulfide into pbo, it just. Doesn't work. Even at 600°C. PbS reduces lead in 2 PbO to 3Pb, leaving as SO2.
https://twitter.com/iris_IGB/status/1691840478189384097?t=cB...