Politics and science; is science being corrupted? (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 16:20 (5385 days ago) @ David Turell

An even better essay on how peer review and government control of science grants is a dangerous setup to create conspiracy and fraud in science: 
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> Again by Jerry Ravitz, a very clear-thinking philosopher of science. Thought provoking. Matt, please read it though. You were born during all this, raised by it and I don't think you appreciate the dangers.-http://www.physorg.com/news185780169.html-You'll find the last paragraph especially enlightening as this would completely democratize the process of peer review. At the moment I'm contemplating designing just such a website, allowing all people to join but differentiating between credentialed and lay reviewers. I like the idea because it would drastically speed up the process, and in your own case, would make the entire peer review process public, open, and visible. Everyone's happy except Nature and Science, heh. -Haven't read your article yet but I bookmarked it. Have to finish a programming project.

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