[IRTalk] The Winnower | Dogmatism and the Scientific Process: A Need for Change

[Hilton Gibson]

The fact that the peer-review process has remained so rigid and dogmatic
would be reasonable if it were a generally flawless system. However, anyone
who has engaged in this process is fully aware that it has many drawbacks,
inefficiencies, and problems.  Many journal and academic articles have
drawn attention to these problems and they do not need to be restated in
depth here.  Suffice it to say, a mix of poorly aligned incentives,
individual biases, and an incomplete process of peer-review has led to a
file-drawer problem, p-hacking, replication difficulties, privatized
publishing of public data, and a general inefficient system of scientific
discovery.

https://thewinnower.com/papers/4833-dogmatism-and-the-scientific-process-a-need-for-change
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