Why must falsification criteria be specifically peer-reviewed? Why isn’t “a rabbit in the precambrian” valid as a falsification criteria? Is ID “empirically justified”?
Because that draws a line in the sand. We're looking for empirical evidence/justifications for theories (falsification criteria gives us the tests for a theory)...best not to leave that out of the peer-review process.
Fail the test, fail the theory.
Fail to even have a test, even worse...