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Hmm - I'm not sure if it supports or opposes your point, but Walker was also supported and interviewed by Andrew Huberman.

https://hubermanlab.com/dr-matthew-walker-the-science-and-pr...

Huberman has always been kind of interesting to me; his list of topics immediately makes him look like a bro-science peddler, but the guy kicks off all of his podcasts by talking about how he's a Stanford Neuroscience professor, and he reads all the journals himself - not exactly daring someone to oppose him, but you have to admit he's willing to risk some really high credentials by putting himself out there like that.

Of course, like nearly everyone else, I don't go read the studies myself and go hunting for math mistakes and misrepresentation, so it's still all a big appeal to authority.




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