/sci/ - Science & Math

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>>16058329
that the replication crisis exists is proof that peer review doesn't work.
its also worth noting that the replication crisis and peer review appeared in academia at virtually the same time

>>15984305
The advent of peer review has made all of the journals into trash publications, peer review replaced adherence to the scientific method with social acceptance and the replication crisis was the inevitable result of that

>>15968560
nope

>>15946978
this is when that substitution took place

>>15845063
The plateau was in the early 1900s, the 1960s was when the rapid decline phase commenced

>>15802774
also peer review
peer review is the midwit's wet dream because it allows the common plentiful midwits to overrule the rare geniuses of the world

>>15797269
>no one knows why

>>15773683
The popularity of peer review, which started in the late 1960s when the boomers wanted to review each other instead listening to their more experienced and knowledgeable elders, is what inevitably lead to the "reproducibility crisis"
"Reproducibility crisis" itself is another boomerism, its a PC term they invented to make outright fraud by scientists sound like it was just a big accident by honest academics when its really intentional deceit

>>15759958
>the lack of gatekeeping

>>15736484

>>15718044
No, they only care about appealing to their peers' sensibilities since the peer review system is what determines career success or failure rather than merit and ability.

>>15711077

>>15572606
>>15575006

>>15568173
yep, science turned to shit when peer review became commonplace and the midwits took over authority over the publishing process

>>15545121
this
before the peer review era journal were able to publish whatever was meaningful, but now their hands are tied by campus political activists posing as scientists

>>15549082