>>Yes, I do.
Do what?
>>It's not published, it has no path to get into the attention of researchers.
I mean, there's nothing that stops this hypothetical spider-man from publishing? If I was going through the trouble of doing independent spider research and came across something I found novel and groundbreaking, that's what I'd do.
Also, you still haven't stated your "many good reasons" for why this would be ignored other than "it (hypothetically) isn't published". You make a lot of assumptions, basically that people not working in academic settings are incapable of a-using language compatible with getting published and b- wouldn't want to get published which aren't true.
>>This happens all the time, by the way.
Of course it does. But "people in academia are still people and therefore accountable to their own biases and prejudicial decision making" doesn't fall under "good reasons to ignore a study" imo.
