"John Edser"  wrote in message 
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> Jim McGinn wrote:-
> 
> > The immediacy of this electronic medium allows one to 
> > get inside other people's heads in a manner that is 
> > not possible in any kind of paper based medium, 
> > peer-review based on not.  My impression of the 
> > journals--what few of them consider the theoretic 
> > aspects of evolutionary biology to be worth 
> > discussing--is that 99% of the time the respective 
> > contributors talk past each other.  
> 
> JE:-
> I agree.
> 
> > JMcG:-
> > They get away with 
> > it because the medium, paper publishing, is so slow 
> > and unwieldy.  You can't get away with much on the 
> > internet.  On the internet when somebody's being 
> > evasive or misleading they get called on it.  Maybe 
> > this is what these professionals find so threatening 
> > about the internet.
> 
> JE:-
> I agree. However I will argue that quick rapport
> discussion cannot replace properly constructed
> papers. What is needed is some close connection
> between these complimentary processes. This is why 
> I argue sbe is well placed to electronically publish
> sbe peer reviewed papers. It seems like
> a worthwhile experiment for sbe to attempt.

John, eventually you're going to have to come to 
terms with the fact that there are no problems with 
your thinking/writing for which the solution is 
wider circulation.  The problems with your 
evolutionary thinking/writing are the result of 
shortcomings in your approach.  They aren't going to 
be solved by creating a new venue.  

What's really ironic about all of this John is that 
I don't think you fully comprehend that under the 
constrainsts of peer-review you won't get away with 
misusing other people's ideas (Darwin, Popper) the 
way you've done so casually here.

Jim
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