I know the type of post you talk about - dismissive easy critiques like "correlation does not.." - but GP's remark is not quite like that:

- it states the article has some overconfident claims.

- it gives detailed arguments for why

> Is there a name for this phenomena yet?

"bachelors' wives and maidens' children are well taught"?

"Critical thinking"?

No and there should not be. There unjustified critique and justified critique.

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A healthy dose of skepticism