Comments on: Turning Peer Review into Modern Scripture

By: Jada Bharata

Jada Bharata — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:36:48 +0000

Good article that ultimately gets to the symptoms of the Kali-yuga in that a self-interested dominant minority will rule over the people and control the culture in every aspect and angle. When big money is involved and procedures of consensus building are enacted honest men go right to the bottom of the pyramid and society only consists of the cheaters and the cheated. It is no wonder Brahmanas are in a horrible condition in Kali-yuga. Ultimately though this should be no surprise as it is all predicted in Vedic literature.

By: Gaura-Vijaya

Gaura-Vijaya — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:42:01 +0000

I think this is unfortunate, but the record of religious leaders is worse and there is no peer review system for them at all. So people have no option but to rely on peer reviewed scientific process compared to religious systems where there is no way to review anybody.

By: Citta Hari dasa

Citta Hari dasa — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:19:08 +0000

This seems to be yet another symptom of the age we live in–the corruption of the learned class (brahmanas in the varnasrama context) by self-interest. The process of peer review is useful provided the integrity of those doing the reviewing is intact; if not then of course there is no way of really knowing whose theory or research is worth considering. This presents quite a problem for the common folks who have neither the time nor the education to sort it all out; without a true peer review system anything goes and only the insiders will know it. Now the question becomes “Who will watch the watchdogs?”