More irritating than interesting to me.  He does NOT make a case against peer review.  At least no better a case than I could make against capitalism, religion, democracy, and matrimony.  And let's not be so passive here.  Whether you are a reader, spender, worshipper, political constituent, or spouse...you can't just accept everything that gets thrown your way.

Charlie

At 03:13 PM 4/7/2005, you wrote:
>Hi--
>
>Have you guys seen this article in Slate.com about peer review in science--called "Quality Control: The case against peer review?"
>http://slate.msn.com/id/2116244
>
>It was an interesting read.
>
>Fred Averick
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