>First, I think that the scientific literature peer review process becoming more like Amazon's reviews would be a disaster for science You didn't mention any r

>First, I think that the scientific literature peer review process becoming more like Amazon's reviews would be a disaster for science You didn't mention any reason for this. While I am skeptical about it too, I also think Amazon's reviews work great for buying a product on Amazon. Also, informal discussions about a paper happen all the time on twitter within the academic community. Giving it a more formal structure is not a big stretch.