Re: SOC/SCIENCE: Something Rotten at the Core of Science?

From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Mon Apr 23 2001 - 19:20:32 MDT


In a message dated 4/23/01 11:21:44 AM, crasch@openknowledge.org cites:

[a mild diatribe against peer review]
>David F. Horrobin
>
>(http://news.bmn.com/hmsbeagle/current/about/contrib#horrobin), a
>longtime critic of anonymous peer review. heads Laxdale Ltd., which
>develops novel treatments for psychiatric disorders. In 1972 he
>founded Medical Hypotheses
>(http://www.harcourt-international.com/journals/mehy/default.cfm), the
>only journal fully devoted to discussion of ideas in medicine.

I *strongly* urge people to take a look at Medical Hypotheses. It's very
entertaining, I'm glad it exists; but it is a *really* convincing
demonstration
of how *good* traditional peer review is :-) (It's not peer reviewed)



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