35. "Social relavance is only one of many factors." In response to In response to 33 Fri Mar-31-17 01:39 PM by denny
The peer review was started and maintained by Stem professors and assistants. Yes...social relevance is sometimes the motivation. Far more often, the motivation is how these papers openly refuse to adhere to the intellectual tradition.
I can't recall the paper you cited...but what is the methodology employed to prove it's claims? That might be why they are critiquing it. For example....interviewing 3 strippers (not randomly chosen either) would be an example of a faulty methodology.
Sorry, my interpretation of this is 'We don't want our claims to be bound to the burden of evidence. We'd prefer being able to make claims freely'. The truth of a claim depends on one's emotional interaction with it....does it speak to our worldview? That is dogma.