Peer-review is good for all

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gotham

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Peer-review is good for all
« on: December 18, 2010, 11:29:26 AM »
I would like to see the power and prestige of the peer-review concept that RET uses in so many instances also be applied in FET. I looked through the site identifying how often the 'peer-reviewed' mantra is used in the RET reasoning.  Well, I have the most wonderful news. FET concepts can also be peer-reviewed and all the same reasoning that RET uses to produce this prestige can apply to FET.

Looking at the peer-review process it is evident that the RET think tank defines those included in the peer-review pool as all RE theorists.  This is necessitated by the narrow definition that at the core of the process, participants must be peers in the particular field of study that qualify them as either RE theorists or relevant institutes of a certain stature that understand RET and can review works with an impartial and critical eye.

Within the world of FET there are those that when identified with expertise expected to fulfill peer-review responsibility, will fulfill the role with equivalent task required and expected of similar responsibility within the world of RET. This community of FET experts maintains the same narrow definition at the core of the FET peer-review process and could only include either FET individuals or relevant institutes with the expertise to understand and properly review FET with an impartial and critical eye.  

It is inevitable that more articles, books, and other published works relating to FET will be coming forward into the mainstream.  It is only prudent to expect that FET peer-reviewed output will be as accepted and respected as the RET peer-reviewed output is and such integrity is bestowed upon.  

There is more work to be done within the FET infrastructure before the process is as vast as the RET world, but TFES is truly paving the way forward to where an equivalent FET peer-review process is active and the output of the process gives the same stamp of approval that RE theorists grasp at and then hold with such high esteem once completed.    
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markjo

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Re: Peer-review is good for all
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2010, 11:44:38 AM »
Not only is peer-review an integral part of the RET scientific process, it's vital that the review be done in an unbiased, objective manner.  I applaud FE'ers putting their ideas up for review, however I encourage all the esteemed FE researchers to subject FET to the same skeptical review process that you subject RET to, for only through skeptical inquiry (the true nature of Zeteticism) can the truth be revealed.
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gotham

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Re: Peer-review is good for all
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2010, 11:49:47 AM »
Agreed.  In the course of the process of peer-review, proper scrutiny should be given.

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nerooren

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Re: Peer-review is good for all
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2010, 04:12:41 PM »
A large part of FET relies on a conspiracy, which cannot be reviewed. Also, much of the proof brought up by reviewers could easily be debunked as conspiracy.

In my opinion "the conspiracy" is the biggest detriment to your movement. Until the framework of your flat earth hypothesis can stand without pointing fingers and accusations of grand schemes, a peer review process won't yield much progress at all.

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gotham

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Re: Peer-review is good for all
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2010, 04:43:21 PM »
Yes, if a FET peer-review panel considered a work submitted for publication they would have to consider all data relevant to the subject before making recommendations for the published piece to maintain the integrity of the process.