Peer review means that others in the same field of expertise read an article or paper that has been published critically. This may inspire further research. For example, were I an academic rather than a school teacher, I might survey the IQs, dominant-handedness and height of incarcerated sex offenders who have not abused children and compare the results to those of Dr Cantor. I rather suspect that if I did so then I would find that the two samples were similar... Thus finding that the variable is nothing to do with paedophilia, rather than incarcerated sex offenders in general. Or, indeed, prisoners in general. I'm not in a position to get a grant to do that, but I very much wish someone would. But anyway, Filip, that's what peer review is about. Not some journal editor deciding whether or not to publish. And that's the sort of peer review that establishes the veracity of "scientific" findings, and very much the process by which scientific "fact" becomes established. These are my last words on this subject. I still love ya ;-) |