[Amps] peers

[Jim Brown]

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:18:26 -0700, Bill, W6WRT wrote:

>Peer reviews should be done before publication, not after. 

That is part of the definition of a peer-reviewed publication. That 
is, the article is reviewed by experts in the field for technical 
accuracy. 

Contrary to what the popular and various interest groups press would 
like you to believe, real science is not a matter of opinion, but 
rather of disciplined study and research to learn how things work. 
Depending on the matter at hand, it may be thoroughly understood by 
those who have done sufficient study, or it may be something that 
the human race is still working on learning about it. 

Email lists are NOT peer reviewed, but they are subject to review by 
a lot of folks, some of whom are basing their understanding on real 
knowledge and extensive study, some on what they've heard, and some 
on pure intuition. If you're a member of any group for long enough, 
you tend to figure out who is in which camp and apply a BS filter 
when needed. :)  We do the same thing when we read reviews on eham, 
and on the movie page of the local newspaper, or the so-called "news 
channels."

73,

Jim K9YC