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All true, Rob. The problem with the nutters is that they think the peer review process is some sort of conspiracy against "free thinking". What they don't realise is that without it, we'd still be running around thinking the world was flat and the ocean was populated by sea monsters. If peer review means a freedom from any sort of nonsense, many weird ideas and an anything goes culture, then I'm all for it. It saves us the time and effort of trying to figure out reality without the added pressure of sorting out all the garbage. Having to deal with respectable science is hard enough without having to put up with the patently ridiculous.
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