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Arxiv is not for all,it is only authors vouched by other members. It is a very weak form of peer review.
by knughit 11y ago
Arxiv is not for all,it is only authors vouched by other members. It is a very weak form of peer review.
- logicallee 11y agoArxiv is pretty much for all. What you call vouching is just endorsement, and it's not peer review at all. what I got Googling 'pseudoscience arxiv' - http://arxiv.org/find/all/1/all:+AND+marvin+herndon/0/1/0/all/0/1 http://arxiv.org/find/all/1/all:+AND+marvin+herndon/0/1/0/al... These titles wouldn't even make it past HN's front page, they would be flagged - by lay people with no background. Let me emphasize: arxiv is not peer-reviewed, it is an open publication platform. Out of the above list, I only clicked through one - http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510090 http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510090 reading "Teaching Earth Dynamics: What's Wrong with Plate Tectonics Theory?" Quote: "I review what is wrong with plate tectonics theory ... and describe my new Whole-Earth Decompression Dynamics Theory, which unifies the two previous, dominant theories in a self-consistent manner. Along the way, I disclose details of what real science is all about, details all too often absent in textbooks and classroom discussions." This wouldn't make it past a HN reader. "I disclose details of what real science is all about." No peer would ever accept that, in any journal on any subject.