[AndyJackson]

Here is the dirty stuff on him "Raoult’s method, according to one critic, is to task a young researcher at IHU with an experiment, then co-sign the piece before it is submitted to publication."

Ok so he comes up with the idea for the experiment and gives it to a grad student/post doc to do the experiment. So whose idea was it?????? That is why his name goes on the paper. It was his idea in the first place.

What they don't accuse Raoult and his co-authors of his fraudulent results or sloppy work or trivial experiments which would be the only legitimate complaint.

None of this goes to the underlying question - does the stuff work or not? The ad hominems are irrelevant.

[monkeyshine]

It was his idea in the first place....None of this goes to the underlying question - does the stuff work or not? The ad hominems are irrelevant.

Dang, I just wrote the same thing but you said it better.

[ETCM]

"Raoult’s method, according to one critic, is to task a young researcher at IHU with an experiment, then co-sign the piece before it is submitted to publication."

According to one critic

Through the eyes of the grad students actually doing all the "work", I'm sure that's how pretty much all university research projects look. In reality, I'll bet Raoult is contributing a lot more than his signature.