I'm sure that others have had a similar experience. I actually had a student place a small box in the middle of one of the middle pages with the instructions, "as you read this, place a check mark here Mr. Rogoway." I did.
Ray Rogoway [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Feb 16, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote: > > > > Michael Smith wrote: >> >> >> >> Does this display a weakness of on-line journals? >> If they were "reviewed" by a single individual this would perhaps >> explain the failure. >> I find it nearly impossible to believe that a number of individuals >> could have overlooked such quality research. > I do not know the details here, but it doesn't strike me as ALL that > surprising. Because of the increasing pervasieness of the publish-or- > perish ethos, there has been a concomitant explosive growth in the > number of journals and, thus, a similar growth in the number of > submission to be reviewed. As a result, many reviewers are > overburdened, but reluctant to appear as "bad citizens" by refusing > on account of overwork. So they "skim" the papers, checking critical > passages to see that they conform to accepted standards, but perhaps > not reading (while attending closely) every single word. Thus, in an > article that is mostly sound, the occasional outlandish claim might > be missed. (I'm not defending. I'm just saying...) > > There used to be an old story along these lines, except the context > was a dissertation defense. The student comes in and places an > unopened bottle of fine whiskey on the table. The defense proceeds > as usual. Questions are asked and answered. People lean back, > staring at the ceiling, apparently in deep thought, considering each > others' contributions. At the end, the student passes. One of the > committee members decides, finally to ask, "why did you bring the > bottle of whiskey?" The student says, everyone please open my > dissertation to page 100, and read the last line of the first > paragraph. The line reads: "whoever draws my attention to this > sentence during the defense will receive the bottle of whiskey." :-) > > Chris > -- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > > "Part of respecting another person is taking the time to criticise > his or her views." > - Melissa Lane, in a Guardian obituary for philosopher Peter Lipton > ================================= > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
