Re: Date limit set on first Americans

Snippage. . . .

>
> Mistakes certainly can be published. Even outright fraudulent material
> has been published in refereed journals. But so what?
>
> Eric Stevens

Lets see, that means that humans can err, even if it required an error on
the part of the author AND the reviewers.  Most compentant reviewers I would
hope would limit themselves to grammatical and style errors if they did not
KNOW the science involved, but hey, some people can referee just about any
article on any subject!  8-)))  Or at least think that they should be
granted that god given right!  8-)  Somehow I would think that it would be
about as satisfying as giving yourself a birthday present!  8-))

As for the fraud, we have abundant proof that refereed journals can be
defrauded, all it takes is a referee too egotistical to simply say "I don't
know" or "Im not competant to judge".  Fraud is a bit different, unless you
would like to say that a reviewer who does not excuse himself from the jury
is fraud.  Fraud, in the case of "manufactured data" or falsified results,
is just a matter of a "Emotionally exhausted and morally bankrupt".  Too bad
that the perpetrators of such insults to science dont usually end up as
comically redeeming as the original bearer of that epitaph!  8-)

Regards
bk