Re:Harnessing the Universal Geometry of Embeddings
by odyssey7 on Thursday September 10, 2026 @03:15PM
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> It's not science until it passes peer review.
We all know that science is about experiments and evidence whereas peer review is a social process.
Confusing science with peer review is very unscientific. Galileo’s work did not pass the dominant socio-scientific review process of his day and we all know how that turned out. Peer review serves a purpose but peer review is not science per se — unless, perhaps, your field is sociology, and you study the social processes of science practitioners, so that peer review outcomes are the evidence that you use to study those social processes.
We all know that science is about experiments and evidence whereas peer review is a social process.
Confusing science with peer review is very unscientific. Galileo’s work did not pass the dominant socio-scientific review process of his day and we all know how that turned out. Peer review serves a purpose but peer review is not science per se — unless, perhaps, your field is sociology, and you study the social processes of science practitioners, so that peer review outcomes are the evidence that you use to study those social processes.