[MEGoody]

Editors and referees of scientific journals.

So it's a political thing. I see.

[curiosity]

So it's a political thing. I see.

Nope.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Yep. Political and economic. Those who parrot the party line get their papers published; get tenure; get promoted to editor; get the Pulitzers and Nobels.

That's been the way of things in publishing for two centuries. It's no different today. People with power do not give it up.