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-"The pressure for conformity is enormous. I have experienced it in editors’ rejection of submitted papers, based on venomous criticism of anonymous referees. The replacement of impartial reviewing by censorship will be the death of science."   — Julian Schwinger
+''For those who still believe in peer review and scientific consensus, ask yourself why someone like the great particle theorist Steven Weinberg (1933-2021) understood Corona Virus GoF risk enough to issue such a strong statement in support of @EcoHealthNYC: [https://www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/77-nobel-laureates-express-concern-of-nih-grant-cancellation/ 77 Nobel Laureates Express “Grave Concern” Over NIH Grant Cancellation]''
+— Eric Weinstein on [https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1632936637125767169 X]
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-"Also, funding by peer review results in group-think and whole scientific fields floating off in a self-perpetuating irreality bubble for decades. Randomness will fund mavericks, mostly crackpots, but some may blow up established dysfunctional disciplines."   — [https://twitter.com/i/status/1128389263526060032 David Chapman]
+''The pressure for conformity is enormous. I have experienced it in editors’ rejection of submitted papers, based on venomous criticism of anonymous referees. The replacement of impartial reviewing by censorship will be the death of science.''
+— Julian Schwinger
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-"A technical argument by a trusted author, which is hard to check and looks similar to arguments known to be correct, is hardly ever checked in detail."   — [https://www.ias.edu/ideas/2014/voevodsky-origins Vladimir Voevodsky]
+''Also, funding by peer review results in group-think and whole scientific fields floating off in a self-perpetuating irreality bubble for decades. Randomness will fund mavericks, mostly crackpots, but some may blow up established dysfunctional disciplines.''
+— [https://twitter.com/i/status/1128389263526060032 David Chapman]
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+''A technical argument by a trusted author, which is hard to check and looks similar to arguments known to be correct, is hardly ever checked in detail.''
+— [https://www.ias.edu/ideas/2014/voevodsky-origins Vladimir Voevodsky]
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-"Research by salaried laborers is becoming a rent-seeking citation ring consisting of large scale imitative rituals, with a decreasing number of results, an increasing cluelessness of participants, and a multiplication of useless rules."   — [https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1009417068926722048 Nassim Nicholas Taleb]
+''Research by salaried laborers is becoming a rent-seeking citation ring consisting of large scale imitative rituals, with a decreasing number of results, an increasing cluelessness of participants, and a multiplication of useless rules.''   — [https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1009417068926722048 Nassim Nicholas Taleb]
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