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> But no one - NO ONE - is verifying anything personally. No one is testing the claims. My point is that no one is personally verifying science Each science ar
by pvaldes 6y ago
> But no one - NO ONE - is verifying anything personally. No one is testing the claims. My point is that no one is personally verifying science
Each science article is extensively reviewed. First when you need to force yourself to read previous articles in the same field. Second by your boss and other members in the team. Third time by a peers system, and is not easy at all to pass. Sometimes must be corrected two or three times more. Often is rejected and sent to other journal, that will require the same process. Journals can ask for your laboratory notes and raw data and repeat the calculus by themselves. Is not unusual.
After an article is published anybody can point to something found incorrect on it.
So the truth is that science, the real science, is extensively reviewed. There are groups specially prone to fraud, and many articles are garbage, but are most the exception than the norm.