To: tpanther
Everyone in this forum recognizes the value of the peer review process.
The peer review process is relatively new in the field of science. More often than is good for the pursuit of truth, it functions as a means by which orthodoxy in a field is imposed and maintained and as an appeal to authority used by those desirous of maintaining current dogma to say "Hey, if it didn't pass our peer review, it really can't be anything of substance".
147 posted on
01/23/2009 3:39:22 PM PST by
aruanan
To: aruanan; tpanther; YHAOS
More often than is good for the pursuit of truth, it functions as a means by which orthodoxy in a field is imposed and maintained and as an appeal to authority used by those desirous of maintaining current dogma to say "Hey, if it didn't pass our peer review, it really can't be anything of substance". Or more realistically, if it doesn't pass peer review, it isn't science.
149 posted on
01/23/2009 5:08:13 PM PST by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
150 posted on
01/23/2009 5:13:08 PM PST by
Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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