Rapacymin and mTOR has been studied a great deal through the usual means. There is a connection to Diabetes so the subject has received quite a lot of attention.
What does it matter as long as they release the data and their methods. Then someone else can verify it. So it is just science as usual really when you think about it.
Sure, theoretically you’re right, but in practice there are thousands of extremely well-qualified researchers being paid to assess such research plans. I don’t know if it’s reasonable to expect that the general public will simply start to evaluate research projects all of a sudden, voluntarily and effectively. There is a huge potential for pseudoresearch to thrive in this model.
What does it matter as long as they release the data and their methods. Then someone else can verify it. So it is just science as usual really when you think about it.