Richard Smith, former editor of the British Medical Journal, has jested that instead of scientific peer review, its rival The Lancet had a system of throwing a pile of papers down the stairs and publishing those that reached the bottom. On another occasion, Smith was challenged to publish an issue of the BMJ exclusively comprising papers that had failed peer review and see if anybody noticed. He replied, ‘How do you know I haven’t already done it?
Friday, May 24th, 2013
The Goodman Affair: Monsanto Targets the Heart of Science
Author: CLAIRE ROBINSON and JONATHAN LATHAM
Source: Independent Science News/Truth-out
Publication Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 09:41
Link: The Goodman Affair: Monsanto Targets the Heart of Science
Source: Independent Science News/Truth-out
Publication Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 09:41
Link: The Goodman Affair: Monsanto Targets the Heart of Science
Stephan: Objective, unbiased science is under attack. In food, as this report shows, it is Nongeographical Corporate States such as Monsanto. This fully sourced and documented report spells it out. It picks up the story I covered a few months ago in my essay, The Great Experiment: Genetically Modified Organisms, Scientific Integrity, and National Wellness. See: http://www.explorejournal.com/article/S1550-8307%2812%2900222-4/fulltext .)
The same things are happening in the research literature of the pharmaceutical, energy, and extraction industries. Greed has become the dominant emotion of our culture. We have an addiction, and are junkies.