NATS 1760 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fossil Fuel, Tobacco Industry, Agnotology
17 Jun 2017
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Our point is to understand peer review and scientific publishing. Tobacco industry and doubt, and fossil fuel industry, anthropogenic climate change, and doubt. Why understand peer view? why do scientists publish? publish or perish; publicize discoveries; gain priority; communicate with others in field. the peer view is a judgment of an aspiring experts publication by other experts. Ideally it is seen as a positively: a person gains trustworthiness by being recognized by other experts as knowledgeable, telling truth, competent scientist. Seen negatively: peer rev acts as a garbage filter. Applying collins periodic table of expertise: a way to become a recognized contributory expert is having article peer reviewed and approved of by other contributory experts. By writing a peer reviewed article, you are contributing to the available trustworthy knowledge in a topic. The peer review is not infallible, but its what currently works best. Merchants of doubt exploit public"s inability to recognize difference between peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed articles.
