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Thanks for the thoughtful post.
I think honest brokers, which are most scientists in academia, aren't trying to end run peer review. I don't think I'm alone when I say that they're trying to do an end-run around the artificial editorial gatekeeping that drives Impact Factor hyperinflation.
My Twitter feed alone is a miraculous sieve that lets in flecks of knowledge and keeps out most detritus. Filtration systems exist and will improve.
Self publish or perish!
eBooks and the democratization of crackpottery
Self-publishing to avoid peer review is now available to just about everyone. Indivisible Earth nicely demonstrates a lot of what can go wrong. Indivisible Earth: Consequences of Earth's Early Formation as a Jupiter-Like Gas Giant, by J. Marvin Herndon, edited by Lynn Margulis. Published by...
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