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(Permalink) Posted: Dec. 23 2009,09:30   

DO'L:
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The BMJ doesn’t deny the problem:
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“But the BMJ is well aware that its peer review process is flawed,” says Spagat. “A recent study, whose authors include the journal’s current editor, revealed that, on average, only a third of the ‘major errors’ deliberately inserted in a BMJ article were picked up by reviewers.”
In what other line of work would such incompetence be accepted? Would you like your electrician to achieve only this level of competence? He only “gets” one third of the electrical safety hazards in your home?
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Mark Frank
12/23/2009
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In what other line of work would such incompetence be accepted?
Software?
Brillant. But how long will it stay.

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