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“Carpinelli has not offered any original work to support his own views.”
He doesn’t need to. The burden of proof lies with the claimant. The claim is that multiple sets are superior to single sets. Carpinelli is not making any claims. He is calling out, so to speak, the claims made by the multiple set proponents and critically reviewing their work. One need not conduct their own research to do this.
You’re response is quite defensive.
He doesn’t need to. The burden of proof lies with the claimant. The claim is that multiple sets are superior to single sets. Carpinelli is not making any claims. He is calling out, so to speak, the claims made by the multiple set proponents and critically reviewing their work. One need not conduct their own research to do this. You are correct that “he doesn’t need to” and you do not need to conduct your own research to critique others. However, Carpinelli demonstrates his lack of experience in performing his own research with the numerous errors he makes in his… Read more »
RE: “Medicina Sportiva”. I think this is a case of mistaken identity. The critique of your meta-analysis actually appeared in the Polish journal “Medicina Sportiva”, not the Romanian journal sharing the same name. You might try contacting the editor there? See http://www.medicinasportiva.pl.
Nice response James!!!
Thank you, Bret!