March 25, 2012
If you value scientific evidence you’re probably familiar with the idea that having “peer-reviewed” studies is crucial to the legitimacy of any new claim. But what does “peer-reviewed” entail, anyway? In this episode, Massimo and Julia open up the black box of peer review, explaining how the process originated, how it works, and what’s wrong with it. They also try brainstorming ways it could be fixed, and ask: how is the Internet changing the way we do research?