[Liberty Wins]

"Giving the go-ahead to the publishing of material you believe to be "fatally flawed" is a serious professional lapse in the realm of prestigious science journals."

Wait a minute. "Prestigious science journals" publish only stuff they agree with?

[VadeRetro]

"Twist and Shout" placemarker. Out for the night.

[Liberty Wins]

Science journals publishing only material that makes them comfortable would produce a closed circle of the faithful preaching to each other.

I am reminded of the way Reagan chose his White House staff. He could have appointed all of them from his conservative followers. However, he had a mixture of conservative, liberal and (ycchh) moderate advisors, because he felt the back-and-forth discussion contributed to the best decisions in the end.

[Old fashioned]

"Wait a minute. "Prestigious science journals" publish only stuff they agree with?"

Your astute observation is very revealing. It explains a lot about the scientific establishment world.

[Old fashioned]

Wait a minute. "Prestigious science journals" publish only stuff they agree with? Yep, that's what Ichneumon essentially said. I haven't yet heard him explain his statement in any other way.