Sometimes things are… complicated.  Dr. Tedd Roberts delves into peer research (and in a previous article into funding research with no immediate pay off.)   Dr. Roberts is a friend, but when I read this: So, do I think peer-review is broken?  ………  I do *not* think it should be scrapped, but I think it needs better watchdogs.  Who are those watchdogs?  We all are.  If a scientist witnesses abuse of the system, they should be able to speak out and not get shut out because of political whim.  The public needs to be better educated so that they do not get told what to do by manipulative media politicians and yes, scientists I read an almost touching faith in a system that seems to be as incestuous and stutifying as…  well, publishing.  Dr. Roberts is an honorable man.  Perhaps most scientists are.  But they are still human and anything touched by the government gets twisted by politics.  On the other hand what alternative is there?  What is the equivalent of the kindle revolution?  Well, there is this: Project Force of Duck.  I contributed.  Not out of a marked interest in duck penises, but because I think there must be an alternative and I put my money where my mouth is.  Will this type of system be up to funding the important research soon?  I don’t know.  But I’d like it to be the way of the future.  Meanwhile, we’ll have to hope there are enough honorable scientists.