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Originally Posted by Bagor
Agreed but it's worth mentioning there is always the option of asking for certain individuals not to be part of the review (e.g competitors).
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You can ask but you don't always get.
I've seen time and time again that "nothing of significance" has been produced by this group or that group who have a differing opinion only to find out 5 or so years later that in fact they were correct and all that "bad science" in bad journals was in fact accurate.
Again not saying that is happening in this case but I also don't believe that everything coming out of the supporters camp is good science. When you have such a strong AND politically motivated group a detractors good science (and on this topic there are people that are doing good science that go against the flow...not all of course) doesn't get recognized. And on the flip side bad science in the supporters group gets WAY too much credit. It's the way things work in the research world.
I think a lot of people think R&D, especially in the academic environment, is some lofty think tank in pursuit of truth and only truth. And honestly that's what they like to try to portray but all aspects of the academic life is extremely political.