The article was not about cancer. The whole point of the discussion is about reproducibility in scientific research. I was merely applying the same discussion and concept to a different branch of science. HN is a place for nerds to discuss interesting things. Things like science and it's applications. As far as I'm concerned, that is what I did.

And you just took an entire field off the table for discussion on the grounds that it looks like a "political hobbyhorse." Good job.