Comment by martin-t
1 day ago
Nobody has an obligation to assume competence. Incompetence is very common on both sides. It is reasonable to assume incompetence. Given it's such common criticism and refuting it is simple, yes, the author should pre-respond. Otherwise everyone else has to look at the study which costs more time in total and also allows incompetent scientists to get away with it because unless people investigate further, both look the same on the surface.
You could ask dozens and maybe hundreds of entry level questions about the study that the study answers in its text.
How many of those questions do you feel is adequate to pre-respond to any time you link a study? Especially when assuming incompetence on the person asking the question thus you can't possibly know the questions they are most likely to ask (since they're incompetent)?
And if I'm incompetent, why would anyone trust my summary and pre-responses to the study?
None of this makes sense. And we're getting awfully close of just pasting/linking the study so the person with the questions can just read the dang thing.