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Dr. Christopher Essex in a recent interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpjpBWxvamA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpjpBWxvamA] highlighted that it's call
by loceng 3y ago
Dr. Christopher Essex in a recent interview [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpjpBWxvamA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpjpBWxvamA] highlighted that it's called "peer review" and not "expert review" - which I think is an often most important detail that should not put anyone on a pedestal; of course the "peer review" system has been hijacked-corrupted to some degree, where there are gatekeepers to getting published in the "most reputable" journals.
- hinkley 3y agoI think the layman assumes that the authors are experts and thus so too would the peers. Journalists are a huge problem here. I blame about half of the anti science backlash on breathless journalism writing checks science can’t cash.
- logifail 3y ago> I blame about half of the anti science backlash on breathless journalism [..] This isn't a science-specific problem. Journalism has serious issues with incentives.
- hinkley 3y agoI took one journalism class, taught by a crotchety old man, who seemed to be of the opinion that they were all liars and cheats pretty much as far back as you can go. Hearst just weaponized a rot that was always there. But what do you do without news?