9. W/ respect to my academic colleagues, peer review is a joke when it comes to fact checking. If one knows a subject, the errors are rife.
-
-
Replying to @JeffSharlet
@JeffSharlet Peer review (at least in my field) isn't really about fact checking--for that, you'd have to send reviewers to the archives.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
-
Replying to @jacremes
@jacremes@JeffSharlet What I will say is that peer review (when done well) gives you argumentative rigor more than fact-checking.2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@JeffSharlet I think this is exactly right, because this is the point of peer review.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JeffSharlet
@JeffSharlet@HeerJeet Honestly, I'm not sure. And I think that in the cases where we do, it's not for reasons of fact checking/peer review4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@jacremes @JeffSharlet I academics do make claim, they are wrong (at least in humanities, not necessarily in sciences).
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.