Re: [asa] Re: ID without specifying the intelligence?

Dave,
Yes, PSCF is our peer-reviewed journal--articles, but not letters.
However, it seems that an individual has to be pricked enough to think
through an article and present a condensed response to get a letter
published. On the list, we don't have to be so precise.

PSCF is broadly representative of the various views held by ASA members,
so the editors can hardly send a contribution to a reviewer who
automatically will trash the view. But they try to use someone who will
be critical. Still, authors, editors and reviewers are human, a recipe
for imperfection. But then, with the material in print, we forget what
was argued. How many of us go to the archives or copies and thoroughly
check out their content?
Dave (ASA)

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:36:15 -0500 "David Clounch"
<david.clounch@gmail.com> writes:
Dave,

I anxiously await the letter. I think the issue they raised is very
important and should be discussed.

I also think that when one has something really serious to say the ASA
membership, a venue like PSCF is one of the appropriate places to say it.
Because most ASA members aren't on the listserver, whereas all do recieve
the journal.

May I ask, isn't it true that within the ASA, PSCF is "the" peer
reviewed literature?

If that is true, I would think that the ASA listserver exists partly as a
mean for members to discuss the contributions to the literature. Isn't
this part of what differentiates the ASA list from the thousands of chat
groups around the world?

As far as a general discussion between ASA members and non-ASA (but AAAS
members), an exchange which I do think is very important, PSCF is
relevant because it represents the best thoughts of ASA members who have
expertise to bring to bear on any particular subject at hand. Serious
AAAS members won't want to ignore that literature.

As for some chatter's claims of prior art in this thread, I am left
wondering, if there really was indeed a serious argument previously
presented, where is the article, or where is the letter to the journal?
(To any journal?)

Best Regards,
David Clounch (ASA member)

To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@calvin.edu with
"unsubscribe asa" (no quotes) as the body of the message.
Received on Sun Sep 16 23:29:24 2007