Samir is mistaken. The peer-review process and scientific research have served humanity quite well. They are singularly responsible for all the scientific and technological advancement on which Samir and Gabriel depend for their day to day living and livelihood. The self-regulatory and self-corrective mechanisms that are uniquely built into the nature of science ensure that truth always prevails over falsehood in the long run.
Cheers, Santosh --- On Tue, 2/2/10, Samir Kelekar <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the results of your research means > that you will lose a huge amount of funding, how > many researchers will be sincere to their research and > publish their findings sincerely? > > Some may not publish false things, but may remain silent > and not publish contrary > results. > > In many areas, research today is a game that is funded by > big finance. And one requires > very high level of integrity to stick to one's research > findings, and go ahead. > > samir >
