I wonder if Gabriel actually reads what he finds by Google searches, and makes an effort to verify its authenticity. It is clear that he has not understood what Marlon and I have said at all.
In science the subjective opinions or biases of individual scientists do not matter in the least. No scientist can fool the rest of the scientific community long enough. Indeed, with regard to publicly supported academic research, anybody can independently try to replicate each and every scientific result because all methods and data are freely available to the public, as in the case of climate research. As Marlon pointed out, no important result remains unchallenged by others. In fact, there is a veritable rat race to find fault with the latest finding. Being a competitor and peer reviewer myself, I know how rigorous and adversarial the entire process is. Moreover, no fraudulent result can ever lead to a technology that works. If Wright brothers had fabricated their results, planes would never have flown. So no matter how many Google searches Gabriel does, the very fact that Google searches work in the first place is a testament to the unassailable truth and significance of the scientific findings that have gone through the wringer of peer review and replication by competitors. To me the rants of Gabriel and others are like those of the swami who rails against science and technology on his TV show while displaying his iphone number at the bottom of the screen. Cheers, Santosh --- On Wed, 2/3/10, Gabriel de Figueiredo <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wish I could agree with you, > Santosh and Marlon wrt sincerity of research and peer > reviews. > > A google on "peer review fraud" reveals that there is much > to be desired in these matters in the scientific world. I am > not an authority on these matters and indeed I may be proved > wrong in my personal conclusions, but as the saying goes, > "there's no smoke without a fire". > > Regards, > > Gabriel.
