Sunday, November 16, 2008

Debate on Peer review continues

Letter writers to the Sydney Morning Herald continue to hash out ill informed debate on the peer review system.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/letters/loose-terms-of-inquiry-mean-stewart-has-a-case/2008/11/16/1226770249126.html

As flawed as it is, it remains the best system science has and as Marc Hendrickx pointed out last week: "The best tests of science remain the long-term reproducibility of results and strength of theories against falsification. "

http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/letters/being-published-does-not-turn-fiction-into-fact/2008/11/13/1226318831884.html

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