Tag: peer-review
How the “Scientific Community” Undermines Its Own Trustworthiness
The “file drawer problem” leads invariably to biased reporting. It refers to scientists deciding not to report negative results.
Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument
A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics.
PNAS Paper: “Scientific Censorship Appears to Be Increasing”
The intelligent design community is well aware of the problem. One section in the paper that categorizes types of persecution sounds alarmingly familiar.
Peer Review Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Used Fire, and Scrawled on Cave Wall
I could not find a single reviewer who accepted the claims of the papers. They were harshly critical of claims of intentional burial of the skeletons.
Fossil Friday: Imagining Eggs in the Famous Archaeopteryx Fossils
Neither lack of evidence nor conflicting evidence stopped the author from drawing far-reaching conclusions.