I'd say your own observations constitute valid (albeit suboptimal) data, to which you apply the scientific method. Peer review isn't part of that method, it's j

I'd say your own observations constitute valid (albeit suboptimal) data, to which you apply the scientific method. Peer review isn't part of that method, it's just a useful mistake/fraud filter. I don't need a textbook to tell me objects fall downwards, I've been collecting that data since I was born.