Peer Review

By Mike Dunford

This is a discussion of merits and shortcomings of the peer-review system. Mike
Dunford's view is that while the peer-review system has a number of faults, it
is still the best system available to assure a decent level of scientific
publication.

ID advocates' usual complaints attributing the paucity of
ID-friendly publications in the scientific media to the biases inherent in the
peer-review process are misplaced as ID is simply not supported by evidence and
that is why it usually cannot percolate through the peer-review process.

Moreover, these are exactly the weaknesses of peer review which serve to let
some rare ID-friendly pieces get published in quality media despite their
contents being scientifically vacuous. (Off-site link.)

Published: Nov 19, 2006

http://www.talkreason.org/articles/?http://scienceblogs.com/authority/2006/11/peer_review.php