[jimfree]

"never did I see groups of people plotting to hijack the peer review process in order to shut out those who disagreed with them, or discussing how to hide data that did not look good for their side of the debate"

Right. Normally they do this without talking about it...

The lady doeth protest too much...

This guy is with the Union of Concerned Scientists, certainly a leftist group. I think we have an honest lefty here, he is convinced of his cause but would not commit fraud to promote it. Let's not be so hard on him but quote him widely and encourage others such as he to sound off.

[JasonC]

No, you are a dishonest spinner trying to play damage control to prevent the clear smash of somebody else's reputation from spreading to his own. But I can tell that because I know what scientists actually do when they argue and debate, what peer review actually amounts to on the inside, etc. And it hasn't changed in any serious way since medieval theologians. It is up to the next generation to notice which party to any given dispute is full of crap and ignore the dying fields for the living ones. Young scientists have generally done a pretty good job of this. Journals and editors and the holy process, emphatically have not. Ever.

[JasonC]

My apologies for the previous - I meant to write "you have here", not "you are" - my mistake. My comments were directed at the person quoted in the article and not at you.