tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post3705875439454567415..comments2024-03-25T11:49:21.281-07:00Comments on The Splintered Mind: Keith Frankish Replies to Dominic Murphy on Mind and SupermindEric Schwitzgebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-44584540509618841262008-12-14T06:46:00.000-08:002008-12-14T06:46:00.000-08:00Interesting issue, Anibal! I don't know Black Swa...Interesting issue, Anibal! I don't know <I>Black Swan</I> (maybe I should look at it!), but I partly agree with you. The peer review system does have the flaws you describe, but a completely open, unreviewed system also has flaws. I'm inclined to think a balance of the two is ideal, with more emphasis on open, unreviewed contributions than is currently given.Eric Schwitzgebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-27167101453576930632008-12-13T09:52:00.000-08:002008-12-13T09:52:00.000-08:00I don´t want to come into the polemics, but i woul...I don´t want to come into the polemics, but i would like to make a side point about the changes in the usual academic dynamics with the advent of professional blogs (like this one) internet forums etc. <BR/><BR/>Is not the review system obsolete?<BR/><BR/>When an scholar put his work on internet to be visualized by all then there is no need to other scholars to opine, just only the whole society.<BR/><BR/>The academic world as a whole has its own conflict of interests and often valid scholars are rejected and more ortodox, but flawed scholars, prevail due to favorable and self-perpetuated reviews.<BR/><BR/>And the academy works like a school of fish by imitation. <BR/><BR/>A bad review can ruin a career and a good one can sparks it. <BR/><BR/>This idea, in a more refined way, is found in Taleb´s book "Black Swan" and i agree with him.Anibal Monasterio Astobizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121020811080165520noreply@blogger.com