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Academics just like every other aspect of human life is full of politics and this includes peer reviews as well. Papers regularly get panned for variety of reas

Academics just like every other aspect of human life is full of politics and this includes peer reviews as well. Papers regularly get panned for variety of reasons that have nothing to do with actual content of the paper and maybe even worse sometimes because the reviewer happen to be working on something similar and want secure a bigger grant for themselves.

sacrosancty 4y ago
eldenwrong 4y ago
That's false. Trust the science.
- lou1306 4y ago
  "Trust the science" is an oxymoron. Please do substantiate why grandparent's claim is false. There is a massive literature on the shortcomings and, yes, even potential for malice, of current peer-review practices. https://sigbed.org/2022/08/22/the-toxic-culture-of-rejection-in-computer-science/ https://sigbed.org/2022/08/22/the-toxic-culture-of-rejection... https://www.nature.com/nature-index/news-blog/research-misconduct-publishing-ban-graduate-student-suicide-case https://www.nature.com/nature-index/news-blog/research-misco...
  - PubliusMI 4y ago
    The sarcasm went way over your head lol The user you're replying to is reminding us we just endured ~2 years Faucism.