A great development

by Richard Smith (2009-07-22)

I'm pleased and impressed that you have done this, and it will be very interesting to see how the experiment plays out.

To my mind, you've adopted exactly the right policies: anybody can contribute but you have to sign your name and declare any competing interests. These policies should lead to a high level of informed, accountable debate.

But couldn't you also somehow incorporate the peer reviewers' comments? That would get the debate started--because most of the comments will be debatable.



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