>I'm sure the scientific method will come through in the long run, that's my opinion, but along the way it is doing a lot of harm too. And that's the rub. Most

>I'm sure the scientific method will come through in the long run, that's my opinion, but along the way it is doing a lot of harm too. And that's the rub. Most people who try to improve the system reinvent it with the same or worse flaws. You'll notice for all the hand wringing and complaining here about how flawed the process is, no one really has put forth a suggestion on how to fix it. A lot of people here are not even part of the process and looking in from the outside, so they don't even understand the incentives involved enough to fix it. Hence the endless complaining...