RE: LGBT shuts down science
August 29, 2018 at 8:59 am
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2018 at 9:01 am by robvalue.)
Yeah, "peer review" doesn't mean there is this specific group of people who do every single review, nor is guaranteed to be foolproof. It's an umbrella term for the checking of findings by others qualified in the field. Scientific findings don't get stamped with "true forever" because they passed any particular peer review. Of course these systems are never perfect, but as results go public, there's eventually more and more chance mistakes will eventually be found.
There's absolutely no alternative to this. (Or rather, the alternative is just publishing any nonsense someone comes up with.) All that can be done is to make the process more rigorous and impartial. Any particular peer review may turn out to be inadequate or biased.
There's absolutely no alternative to this. (Or rather, the alternative is just publishing any nonsense someone comes up with.) All that can be done is to make the process more rigorous and impartial. Any particular peer review may turn out to be inadequate or biased.
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