But then the review themselves get reviewed, and those get reviewed, etc In the end you get a rough global consensus. It's far (very far) from perfect, but may

But then the review themselves get reviewed, and those get reviewed, etc In the end you get a rough global consensus. It's far (very far) from perfect, but maybe more representative of impact than the opinion 3 guys deeply embedded in a system that doesn't exchange with the outside world enough, and that are often competing with you.