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He says peer review is for the authors, but I think science being peer reviewed is one of the key points used to convince the public to trust scientific results
by dataangel 3y ago
He says peer review is for the authors, but I think science being peer reviewed is one of the key points used to convince the public to trust scientific results.
- fasterik 3y agoIf someone thinks that a scientific paper is true because it passed peer review, they need to change their mental model of how science works. Peer review ensures that a given paper meets a minimum standard of quality. Trust of scientific results emerges gradually as the broader field forms a consensus based on dozens or hundreds of papers.