Regarding the article "Critics Sharpen Assault On Peer Review" by Paul McCarthy (The Scientist, May 30, 1994, page 1): While peer review is certainly not perfect, those of us who depend on it are well ...

Peer review "automatically discriminates against ideas that challenge convention," Braben told __The Scientist__. "For most research, it's fine. But for new ideas that are a step out from what we ...