On Peer Review and its continued use as a tool of discrimination of some study.
At the face of the cliff, we should always expect less capacity to review the work of a pioneer. Today, we have less latency, but we do still have to wait for a moderate consensus to form before we might anticipate proper review.
Last week I had a microbe, well fungus called Verticilium lecanii, this week its called
Lecanicillium lecanii
I think we are being a bit hard on the pioneers of soil science above. Its not like we operate in a world where academics are devolved from corporate interests and so direction.
If there was any doubt as to the potential of this new science, we need look no further than the money pouring in from GMO types attempting to secure and or rubbish rights to this public domain.
We live in a world where we are dangerously close to destroying free speech, anyone who suggests an alternative that anyone else considers to be hogwash, should prove it with data, not with a perceived lack of kudos or review. trip advisor is a review site, how reliable is it?
Eco