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Move to post publication peer review as was the norm until after WWII. Problem solved.

• bumby 7y ago
  Can you elaborate on how that will fix the problem? It’s not immediately apparent to me
  • barry-cotter 7y ago
    If even journalists and the general public know that all getting published means is that the author(s) convinced an editor that an article probably wasn't total bullshit people would trust them less. Trust is the problem. If we can get people to trust literatures rather than articles we have progress.
    • bumby 7y ago
      I'm not trying to be argumentative, just trying to understand. I'm not really familiar with the pre-WWII method of publication. How would moving peer-review to after publication enhance trust? It seems to me one of the problems currently is the vast amount of publication. Much of it seems derivative or of little value other than resume padding. While I agree the current peer review system isn't ideal, it does seem to at least provide some throttling of the volume of publications.