Sunday, September 18, 2011

Chris Masterjohn recommends the following:
Publish-or-perish: Peer review and the corruption of science
Pressure on scientists to publish has led to a situation where any paper, however bad, can now be printed in a journal that claims to be peer-reviewed

1 comment:

Geremia said...

One reviewer there writes:

Science [I think he means scientism.] is just scripture for a modern godless religion.

Something had to replace God's will as a means for greed and impatience. Consensus is regularly perceived to be a good standard by unthinking astroturfers, journalists and Scientists themselves, but ask yourself the question:-

Who can afford to fund the most research? The rich.

Whose aims will a 'consensus' of Scientific research support? The rich.

Is consensus a logical fallacy? Yes.



Democratic princples certainly shouldn't be applied to science.