[Sigia-l] A matter of reliability

[Listera]

Christopher Fahey:

> It really comes down to whether or not you trust the peers.

Partially. It's also a matter of the *system* through which that trust is
displayed, acquired, examined, accounted for, etc.
 
> ... it seems to instead suggest that the current system is largely and
> alarmingly not adhering to its own principles.

We're now getting into the chicken-or-egg phenomenon. If "bias, lazyness,
nepotism, and fraud are widespread" in a given system as you say then,
working backwards, one has to question the wisdom of sticking with the said
system. 

Another one of my sigs says, "Any problem that requires walking on water
as a solution is a problem ill-stated."

> The alternative, of course, to peer-reviewed science is not science at all

How do you arrive at that conclusion?
 
> Still, I know there are limits to what can legitimately and/or usefully be
> described or measured by current science.

So we agree.

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Ziya

Design is doing for a dime what anyone can do for a dollar.