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pmiller2 on March 21, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Peer review: the end of an error?

I disagree. Even with the current peer review system in mathematics, false proofs have made it into the literature. Who knows how many more would creep in if we did away with peer review?

tzahola on March 21, 2018 [–]

One can argue that false proofs made it into the literature because people trusted the reviewers - compare with: appeal to authority.

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