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Excellent article:

https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-dance-of-the-naked-emperors

One innovative idea that the scientific method brought forth: even though you think you know what will happen, try it and see what actually happens.

Isaac Asimove pointed out that the comment that actually accompanied scientific discovery was not so much "Eureka!" as "Huh. That's funny..."

#publishing #scienceJournals #scientificPapers #peerReview #innovation

Really interesting article that challenges the benefits of #PeerReview in scientific work: not that it couldn't work, but that the entire way it's implemented now is a massive failure that actually makes things worse. (Why? Because it gives a false sense of security, while adding a huge amount of work that actually reduces the amount of work published without actually improving the quality of the results.)

I'm paraphrasing, of course, so go read the article!
https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review

#Science #Writing #ScienceJournals

I'm an eternal google reader orphan and I haven't recovered yet. I've been using #theoldreader to track #sciencejournals, but I was never happy with it. Does anyone know something better? #rss