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Also, current peer review is a gateway to tenure, recognition, prestige, funding, influence... When you factor in that intellectuals are also, err, human, you g

Also, current peer review is a gateway to tenure, recognition, prestige, funding, influence... When you factor in that intellectuals are also, err, human, you get yourself a nice recipe for disaster. How many papers are actually replicable? How many are the result of citation cartels or outright fraud? I remember Shriram Krishnamurthi talking about artifact evaluation in papers [1]. I think that's a great initiative that should be adopted by all fields of science. -- 1: https://artifact-eval.org/ https://artifact-eval.org/

MichaelZuo 2y ago
Even worse, it was originally popularized by Robert Maxwell, yes that Maxwell, to save on the cost of paying an esteemed scientist in the field to sit down and do a serious review.
- emmanueloga_ 2y ago
  I never heard about "that" Maxwell (1923-1991) [1]. Paraphrasing Wikipedia [2] [3]. "Robert Maxwell, described as a "British media proprietor, politician, and fraudster," founded Pergamon Press, an Oxford-based publishing house specializing in scientific and medical books and journals. Known for his flamboyant lifestyle, ultimately embezzled hundreds of millions from his own companies. Pergamon (originally Butterworth-Springer), was established in 1948 to bring "Springer’s know-how and aggressive publishing techniques in science" to Britain. Today, Pergamon Press operates as an imprint of Elsevier." I had no idea. Beyond wild! -- 1: Not to be confused with James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), creator of "Maxwell's equations". 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Press https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Press