?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Against+the+Tide.+A+Critical+Review+by+Scientists+of+How+Physics+and+Astronomy+Get+Done&rft.creator=L%C3%B3pez+Corredoira%2C+Mart%C3%ADn&rft.creator=Castro+Perelman%2C+Carlos&rft.creator=Campanario%2C+Juan+Miguel&rft.creator=Martin%2C+Brian&rft.creator=Kundt%2C+Wolfgang&rft.creator=Herndon%2C+J.+Marvin&rft.creator=Apostol%2C+Marian&rft.creator=Arp%2C+Halton+C.&rft.creator=Van+Flandern%2C+Tom&rft.creator=Kirilyuk%2C+Andrei+P.&rft.creator=Bauer%2C+Henry+H.&rft.subject=Archives&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Peer+Review&rft.description=Nobody+should+have+a+monopoly+of+the+truth+in+this+universe.+The+censorship+and+suppression+of+challenging+ideas+against+the+tide+of+mainstream+research%2C+the+blacklisting+of+scientists%2C+for+instance%2C+is+neither+the+best+way+to+do+and+filter+science%2C+nor+to+promote+progress+in+the+human+knowledge.+The+removal+of+good+and+novel+ideas+from+the+scientific+stage+is+very+detrimental+to+the+pursuit+of+the+truth.+There+are+instances+in+which+a+mere+unqualified+belief+can+occasionally+be+converted+into+a+generally+accepted+scientific+theory+through+the+screening+action+of+refereed+literature+and+meetings+planned+by+the+scientific+organizing+committees+and+through+the+distribution+of+funds+controlled+by+%22club+opinions%22.+It+leads+to+unitary+paradigms+and+unitary+thinking+not+necessarily+associated+to+the+unique+truth.+This+is+the+topic+of+this+book%3A+to+critically+analyze+the+problems+of+the+official+(and+sometimes+illicit)+mechanisms+under+which+current+science+(physics+and+astronomy+in+particular)+is+being+administered+and+filtered+today%2C+along+with+the+onerous+consequences+these+mechanisms+have+on+all+of+us.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+authors%2C+all+of+them+professional+researchers%2C+reveal+a+pessimistic+view+of+the+miseries+of+the+actual+system%2C+while+a+glimmer+of+hope+remains+in+the+%22leitmotiv%22+claim+towards+the+freedom+in+doing+research+and+attaining+an+acceptable+level+of+ethics+in+science.&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Other&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6096%2F1%2FAgainstTheTide.Archive.pdf&rft.identifier=++L%C3%B3pez+Corredoira%2C+Mart%C3%ADn+and+Castro+Perelman%2C+Carlos+and+Campanario%2C+Juan+Miguel+and+Martin%2C+Brian+and+Kundt%2C+Wolfgang+and+Herndon%2C+J.+Marvin+and+Apostol%2C+Marian+and+Arp%2C+Halton+C.+and+Van+Flandern%2C+Tom+and+Kirilyuk%2C+Andrei+P.+and+Bauer%2C+Henry+H.++(2008)+Against+the+Tide.+A+Critical+Review+by+Scientists+of+How+Physics+and+Astronomy+Get+Done.++++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6096%2F