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There is only so much peer review can actually accomplish. Mostly a reviewer can tell if the work was performed with a certain amount of rigor and the results are supported by the techniques used to test the claimed results. It doesn't guaranty there were no mistakes made. Having others reproduce the results is the only true way to verify an experiment. Unfortunately you don't get tenure for reproducing other people work.


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