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The largest scientific experiment in history was Peer Review itself and it failed
« on: May 17, 2023, 09:33:18 am »
The largest scientific experiment in history was Peer Review itself and it failed
By Jo Nova

Peer Review has been a sixty year experiment with no control group
Disruptive Science Papers decline. Graph.It’s touted as the “gold standard” of science, yet the evidence shows Peer Review is an abject failure.

There are 30,000 scientific journals that publish nearly 5 million articles a year, and the only thing we know for sure is that two-thirds of papers with major flaws will still get published, fraud is almost never discovered, and peer review has effectively crushed groundbreaking new discoveries.

By Adam Mastroianni, Experimental History

The rise and fall of Peer Review
Why the greatest scientific experiment in history failed, and why that’s a great thing

For the last 60 years or so, science has been running an experiment on itself. The experimental design wasn’t great; there was no randomization and no control group. Nobody was in charge, exactly, and nobody was really taking consistent measurements. And yet it was the most massive experiment ever run, and it included every scientist on Earth.

https://joannenova.com.au/2023/05/the-largest-scientific-experiment-in-history-was-peer-review-and-it-failed/
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Re: The largest scientific experiment in history was Peer Review itself and it failed
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2023, 10:00:10 am »
Peer-reviews are no substitute for control groups.

Peer-reviews by members of mutual admiration societies will lead to more mutual admiration, not empirically verifiable quantitative results that can withstand third-party scrutiny.
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Re: The largest scientific experiment in history was Peer Review itself and it failed
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2023, 11:00:13 am »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on May 17, 2023, 10:00:10 am
Peer-reviews are no substitute for control groups.

Peer-reviews by members of mutual admiration societies will lead to more mutual admiration, not empirically verifiable quantitative results that can withstand third-party scrutiny.

 :yowsa: Quite true!
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Re: The largest scientific experiment in history was Peer Review itself and it failed
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2023, 11:46:20 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on May 17, 2023, 10:00:10 am
Peer-reviews are no substitute for control groups.

Peer-reviews by members of mutual admiration societies will lead to more mutual admiration, not empirically verifiable quantitative results that can withstand third-party scrutiny.
Yep.
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