Peter, et al. I haven't been following this thread perhaps carefully enough, but why not have every article published and every article rated by a number of stars, and then everybody could set their browser to the minimum number of stars we are willing to tolerate. Those of us who don't want to be subject to the "peer review" effect, could simply set their browser to read everything with any stars at all!
The problem, is, that we all want our cakes and eat it to: To have read all the zany stuff that will become next year's big thing WITHOUT having to read the weird stupid stuff that goes nowhere. We readers are really the problem. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu) > [Original Message] > From: Peter Lissaman <plissa...@earthlink.net> > To: <friam@redfish.com> > Date: 1/27/2009 1:14:26 PM > Subject: [FRIAM] Homeostasis by Peer Review > > Peer Review is indeed an excellent preserver of status quo. For the AIAA > (the main aerospace institution) the standard procedure is that the signed > draft paper is submitted by editors to reviewers, who then send anonymous > comments to the author. Twenty years ago, as a Fellow of said august > Institution, I proposed simply reversing the process: sending the paper > anonymously to reviewers and then listing favorable reviewers on the > published paper. It was received with deafening silence. Actually, the > Royal Society does do something akin to this. > > Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures > > Expertise is not knowing everything, but knowing what to look for. > > 1454 Miracerros Loop South, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 > TEL: (505) 983-7728 FAX: (505) 983-1694 > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
