is peer review a good filter for what's newsworthy? looking at the literature s remarkable amount of crap passes peer review...
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so I feel like a preprint is as valid a source for news as something peer reviewed
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In this specific case I see no critical thinking at all though.
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Are you against peer review in principle or just the current state of it?
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not against peers reviewing each others work, but against it being a precondition for sharing, being secret, and being revered as truth
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Important Qs but don't agree. Maybe perspective of subject where preprints novel? Physics has been doing this successfully 4 years
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Perhaps could turn question on its head: If you can't discuss till after review, what's the point of preprints?
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I never said can't discuss. I am merely very surprised by the lack of a critical take.
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A tweet doesn't allow for too much nuance or for me to expand mu thoughts — the thread/subthreads that follow under the OP expand my take.
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Fair enough. Danger of tweeting past each other always high! Still, sounds like u wanted 2 make specific point about being preprint
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Here's my tuppence worth: Whenever I read any MS I make a judgment about how much faith to put in results.
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Many factors influence this, inc whether published. SciCom writers do the same. Credulity is a judgment call.
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Equally lack of critical appraisal not specific to reports on preprints. So meh basically.
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I'm gonna be contrarian here and say there's nothing wrong or bad about discussing a preprint with a journalist
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A preprint represents your provisional best guess about a subject -- just like a conventional publication
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you think it's equivalent to a post-review paper?
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Pretty much, except a few people have commented on it. I don't have much faith that the peer review process adds much to publications
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Fair enough.
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If I may, this thread might be useful: https://twitter.com/kopshtik/status/851773894117556224 …
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