Why Scientific Peer Review is a Sham — Especially in Medicine

Today Science is up on a pedestal. A new god has appeared; his high priests conduct the rituals, with nuclear reactors, moon-probing rocket ships, cathode tubes and laser beams. And their territory is sacrosanct; laymen are denied entry. — Bruce Cathie

In recent years the defects in the peer review system have been the subject of a profusion of critical…