[Physicist]

If peer review is too highly selective, that isn't a sign of being broken. It's a sign of health.

As for the evidence that peer review works, all you have to do is compare what's in the scientific journals to what's on the internet as a whole.

[Always Right]

If peer review is too highly selective, that isn't a sign of being broken. It's a sign of health.

If the selection criteria is agenda based, then there is a problem. And today politics is a major driving force in what makes it to publication.

[AndrewC]

If peer review is too highly selective, that isn't a sign of being broken. It's a sign of health.

That certainly depends on the selection process. Anyway, I didn't choose the word "broken", the author did.