Re: scientific literature

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From: John McCarthy
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 14:25

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The critical criterion for a scientific journal these days is whether
the articles are subjected to peer review as a criterion for being
published.  _Scientific American_ doesn't do this, and the articles
in the _News and Comment_ section of _Science_ aren't either.  Neither
are the articles in _Technology Review_ or the articles in the
National Academies' _Issues in Science and Technology_.  My opinion
is that there should be a refereed magazine dealing in popular
language with issues arising out of science and technology.  The
refereeing might have a different character than standard scientific
refereeing.  The referees couldn't reject an article on the grounds
that the author was wrong, but they could make him deal with a
consideration he was ignoring.
--
John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
*
He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

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