News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Scientists discover underlying cause of "brain fog" linked with Long Covid. Parent comment

Re:Scientists discover underlying cause of "brain fog" linke... by naasking on Thursday February 22, 2024 @08:51AM (#39467029)
Yes, because peer review is not very good and not very deep. Retractions almost always come after the paper sees wider circulation and more people with a skeptical eye analyze the paper. Nature itself discusses this:

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.15951

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Scientists discover underlying cause of "brain fog" linke... by snowwrestler on Thursday February 22, 2024 @11:17AM (#39469288)
Peer review evaluates only the paper. It can’t check the underlying correctness of the science, only that the paper clearly communicates what was done and observed.

Science is a process. Publishing a paper is just one step in the middle of that process. Not an endpoint.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Scientists discover underlying cause of "brain fog" linke... by naasking on Thursday February 22, 2024 @12:10PM (#39469995)
Which is exactly what I and the OP have been saying. This is not a discovery but a claim of a discovery, and whether that claim stands up to scrutiny only time will tell.
[ Parent | on HN ]