Peer review is touted as a demonstration of the self-critical nature of science. But it is a human system. Everybody involved brings prejudices, misunderstandings and gaps in knowledge, so no one should be surprised that peer review is often biased and inefficient. It is occasionally corrupt, sometimes a charade, an open temptation to plagiarists. Even with the best of intentions, how and whether peer review identifies high-quality science is unknown. It is, in short, unscientific. — Drummond Rennie, Nature 7/07/16
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Mathematics is such an open-ended and wonderful world that it is easy to get lost in it and forget the questions you were trying to answer in the first place.... It even happens to experienced biologists who can get lost in a theoretical paradise. A lot of recent debate on evolutionary theory has become completely detached from experiment, with experimentally untestable arguments about the best framework for studying co-operation. This happens because researchers become more interested in their models than what they are modeling. — David Sumpter, Current Biology 11 Sept 2012
May 18, 2012Should you trust the diagnosis of a psychiatrist? If it helps, individuals are free to choose. Behind the scenes, however, there are severe, deep-seated debates about whether psychiatrists understand disorders, let alone diagnose them properly.
April 23, 2006Like some federal official holding a press conference after a disaster, a Harvard paleontologist has tackled the unenviable job of explaining what Darwin called the most severe challenge that could be levied against his theory: the fossil record. The challenge starts with a bang…
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Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name. — Jeremiah 10:14-16