While I have no problem with the linked article I think the headline is a bit unfair. How often is BS-ey pseudoscience like this really used and cited by UX designers in the field? It would seem to be mainly an issue among the most bloated, coddled, and self-important UX teams.

And was the BS paper in question really used to design the Android UI rather than justify the design decisions? (The article's author basically makes this same point.)