Regardless of people’s thoughts on Maussan, I still think it’s important to give research a chance on this. I see a lot of people arguing that we should just dismiss anything he says, but I think it just calls for a more stringent review of claims. If a fraudster came across legitimate specimen do you honestly think they’d pass it up? There is definitely questionable origins of these and some seemingly sloppy initial research, but if there are people in the scientific community interested then let them have at it.
I’m personally curious to see more research done on these. Thoughts on what these are or their validity may change as time goes on, but I’m excited to see what more is learned about them. Even if the end result isn’t as exciting as some believe, I still find the review process interesting.
Being skeptical is a good thing. You don’t have to personally get invested in something you don’t believe in. Just let those that are interested research it and come to their own conclusions.
Regardless of people’s thoughts on Maussan, I still think it’s important to give research a chance on this. I see a lot of people arguing that we should just dismiss anything he says, but I think it just calls for a more stringent review of claims. If a fraudster came across legitimate specimen do you honestly think they’d pass it up? There is definitely questionable origins of these and some seemingly sloppy initial research, but if there are people in the scientific community interested then let them have at it.
I’m personally curious to see more research done on these. Thoughts on what these are or their validity may change as time goes on, but I’m excited to see what more is learned about them. Even if the end result isn’t as exciting as some believe, I still find the review process interesting.
Being skeptical is a good thing. You don’t have to personally get invested in something you don’t believe in. Just let those that are interested research it and come to their own conclusions.