So, here's a thing. We figured the right would want to turn on the peer-review system and burn it to the ground as a result of our project. We even took steps to minimize the force of that foolish attempt. We didn't expect the left to do it to protect grievance studies, though.
The scientific method, stated in 1603 when Charles the Second instituted the royal society is "Take no one's word for it" Peer Review is "Take the word of an anonymous group meeting behind closed doors and making decisions on the basis of secret evidence or no evidence"