First, I think that the scientific literature peer review process becoming more like Amazon's reviews would be a disaster for science. I didn't see where they'

First, I think that the scientific literature peer review process becoming more like Amazon's reviews would be a disaster for science. I didn't see where they're looking to have something exactly like Amazon. To be charitable, I'd assume that they would have more controls and reputation-attribution in place to ensure that many concerns would be addressed for a "more open" system. Many times a finding is presented at various conferences well in advance of it being published. Do you mean that you have to go physically to a conference to learn about other possibly-important discoveries in your field?