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by apathy 2518 days ago
As a machine learning / probabilistic programming friend put it, (journal) peer review is boosting with three weak learners.

Better than nothing, but very far from ironclad. Only replication really verifies scientific findings. Everything else is just window dressing.

(I say this as a regular reviewer; for whatever reason, this particular week I’m reviewing for both Science and Nature.)