> Who else is more qualified to conduct such a study?
Whoever does not have a monetary interest in the studied subject is the one who is more qualified. Same with smoking related research, same with children's toy paint related research. But the third edge is: These are phases of fraud that societies go through. They will happen, some will think they are legit, some won't, they disappear into some third world country after taking their sum. It always works like that. And that's predictive science right there.
> Whoever does not have a monetary interest in the studied subject is the one who is more qualified.
I’m not really understanding the monetary interest angle. The monetary interest in this subject is the curtain and window-blind manufacturers.
The researches here have a company who sells body worn light sensors. And if their light sensor is good maybe other researchers interested in verifying this phenomena will purchase a few units from them. But they are far from the only company making light sensors. In fact if i want to verify this study i would buy sensors from anyone but them. For the sake of having independent proof free from biases.
> they disappear into some third world country after taking their sum
What sum, please tell me? Where do you see the riches here?
You don’t have to pretend anything. Just go on and explain where you see the monetary incentives with this research and researchers. (If you see them.)
Whoever does not have a monetary interest in the studied subject is the one who is more qualified. Same with smoking related research, same with children's toy paint related research. But the third edge is: These are phases of fraud that societies go through. They will happen, some will think they are legit, some won't, they disappear into some third world country after taking their sum. It always works like that. And that's predictive science right there.