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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (787394)	6/3/2014 12:21:34 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576762

>> ..to suggest that a scientist skews his work and conclusions for a stipend is totally stupid.. Two words: Global Warming.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (787394)	6/3/2014 1:23:43 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576762

>> Science in which one has peers that will repeat anothers work to validate or invalidate his results... And sometimes (as in GW) in which those peers have as much at stake as the the person who did the original bullshit work. >> On the other hand a CPA's work is largely putting the dollars and cents in the correct column in the ledger... You won't get me to defending CPAs; however, I would point out that CPA's work is reviewed under more rigorous peer review standards than just about any profession. A CPA practice is required to hire other CPAs to come in and evaluate and criticize their work on a routine basis. And CPAs pass probably pass one of the most difficult entrance exams of any profession and subject themselves to extensive and rigorous ethics. Still, CPAs can be criminals and self-serving and all the bad things that scientists and bank robbers do. Because peer review sucks. When I voted, 30 years ago, to subject CPAs to peer review I thought it was a good thing. Only years later did I come to understand it is the same kind of back-slapping, good ole' boys network that had already existed. And some scientists trying to defend their jobs do exactly the same things.