Re: New Google Service Searches Only Science/Technical Fields

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 11/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:20:55 GMT

Pieter Z. wrote:

> around, I don't know it's a tired game. The first hit is from a Nature
> article, wasn't there violent opposition to that magazine here or am I
> mistaking it for another?

Both *Nature* and *Science* have apparently abandoned the peer-review
process when it comes to articles on language. Or they take the "peer"
too literally and send such articles only to fellow-crackpots. 

-- 
Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net

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