Thank you for posting this. I'm tired of hearing about the Evil Liberal Science Conspiracy forcing scientists to adhere to a specific dogma by using the peer review process to silence dissent. As long as the data and methods are solid, new ideas will make it into the open. Check out this PLoS article by John Ioannidis: http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124 You might also enjoy the RationalWiki: http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Peer_review
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Thank you for posting this. I'm tired of hearing about the Evil Liberal Science Conspiracy forcing scientists to adhere to a specific dogma by using the peer review process to silence dissent. As long as the data and methods are solid, new ideas will make it into the open. Check out this PLoS article by John Ioannidis:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124
You might also enjoy the RationalWiki:
http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Peer_review