[Rockhounds] Peer review as the ‘gold standard’ ?

[Paul]

Why we shouldn???t take peer review as the ???gold standard???
It???s too easy for bad actors to exploit the process and mislead the public
By Paul D. Thacker and Jon Tennant, Washington Post, August 1, 2019
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/why-we-shouldnt-take-peer-review-as-the-gold-standard/2019/08/01/fd90749a-b229-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html

The Radical Transformation of the Textbook
Brian Barrett, Wired, august 4, 2019
https://www.wired.com/story/digital-textbooks-radical-transformation/

Yours,

Paul H.