Cancel culture made peer review obsolete: those "peers" don't want to get canceled over objecting to questionable methodology that just so happens to align with progressive talking points.
Cancel culture made peer review obsolete: those "peers" don't want to get canceled over objecting to questionable methodology that just so happens to align with progressive talking points.
Strictly guessing here, but it's more likely the editor who doesn't want to be canceled (= maybe fired). Journal editors have ultimate decision power. Even if a reviewer raised some objections, the authors would write back defending their methods, and the editor would decide. It's the editor's ass on the line for rejecting such an "important" paper.
Cancel culture made peer review obsolete: those "peers" don't want to get canceled over objecting to questionable methodology that just so happens to align with progressive talking points.
Strictly guessing here, but it's more likely the editor who doesn't want to be canceled (= maybe fired). Journal editors have ultimate decision power. Even if a reviewer raised some objections, the authors would write back defending their methods, and the editor would decide. It's the editor's ass on the line for rejecting such an "important" paper.