[Arainach]

>shouldn't you stop and wonder why the esteemed scientist wrote that line instead of just dismissing it?

I go to forums like Hacker News and Reddit and regularly see software engineers who are outraged about having to have their code reviewed and even more outraged about actually having to implement feedback from their reviewers rather than receiving a rubber stamp.

I go to work and see the effects on product, team, and world of what would happen if those coders were allowed to bypass supervision.

So no, even someone who is intelligent and good at what they do should have peer review.

[ajkjk]

You are talking about something different than I am. I'm not saying you should have un-peer-reviewed major research. But there are other types of communication that are useful but do not need to be rigorously vetted. (not that peer review is all that good at the vetting anyway)