From Philica .
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On the other hand, Philica articles can only be published by people who are bona fide academics. This means that the authors here were all judged competent to work as researchers, thinkers and/or educators by the people who employed them. If such a person goes to the trouble of writing a paper, we believe it should be published. If you disagree with its content you can deal with this by giving it negative reviews which everybody can read, and which can therefore allow people to interpret the paper with caution (or to choose to hide it from their view). But just because you disagree with a paper, does this really mean it should never see the light of day at all? This is academia, not Fascism!
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It seems the reviewers are co-members of the Philica site who themselves, may have met the above criteria.
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