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My first glimpse at peer review was via a friend (math PhD student) who spent weeks trying to find a proof for an obscure mathematical assumption before rejecting the paper on that basis. Tbh this makes my eyes roll that much harder at the trashfire that is much of social science
My friend @michaelkeenan_0 argues that the recent Sokalesque hoax is overhyped: http://michaelkeenan.tumblr.com/post/178734541040/tldr-this-latest-academic-journal-hoax-is …
I think he's too dismissive (the "dog park" paper is, IMO, insane), but I do think the initial coverage was woefully thin on source materials & context, & at times misleading
In particular — while I think there's more to be shocked by in the referee comments than Michael does — I agree with him that the authors largely neglected what I would consider an important responsibility to give credit where credit is due
FWIW, I commented publicly on the hoax before reading any of the original materials that constituted it — and after skimming them, found many of them less concerning than I initially anticipated based on the coverage (though still plenty concerning, enough to warrant attention)
Crucially, I think @Meaningness' Sokal registration system would help resolve this messiness. You don't get to take credit for a reviewer's lapse in judgment or inattention unless you anticipated it based on a weakness you saw in the field *in advance.*https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1047516944130351104 …
How would this work in practice? A paper would have to be registered as a Sokaling before first submission, along with an explanation of what the author thinks is wrong with it. A cryptographic time-locked database could ensure honesty about this.In any case, I really hope this spurs a ton of conversations... What are the humanities for? How can ideas in philosophical fields be made to pay rent? How do we encourage cross-field reality-checking? How do we encourage greater rigor, even at the cost of politeness? etc. etc.
I’ve reviewed submissions to an academic journal before, and so i know what you mean.
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