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Re:Reasons blog posts can be of higher scientific quality th... by shouldbworking on Monday April 17, 2017 @03:10AM (#14129632)
I feel comment sections on well targeted sites like HN are better than peer review sometimes.

It's not uncommon for an industry expert or creator of a product to Koolaid Man into the comment section around here.

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Re:Reasons blog posts can be of higher scientific quality th... by marcosdumay on Monday April 17, 2017 @08:46AM (#14130529)
I didn't stay any long on the academic world, but the comments on targeted tend to be better than nearly all peer review I've seen there.

The thing is, the very small exception is incredibly good.

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