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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (581799)8/20/2010 1:07:45 PM
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>> "Peer review, which is supposed to filter out bullsh*t, is equally effective at filtering out criticism of bullsh*t."

I could not agree more with this statement, a truly profound remark.

When most of the "peers" are of the same political persuasion, or otherwise of like mind, it can serve to exacerbate already difficult problems by lending unwarranted credibility to bad ideas.
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