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When a paper is submitted to a scientific journal, the journal editors send it for review to panels of scientists. Peer review is the backbone of contemporary scientific legitimacy and lauded by everyone involved. It is also an opportunity for mischief and misunderstanding. Gary Lynchs history of antagonizing his peers sometimes made peer review more a gauntlet than a critique.

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( Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times )

When a paper is submitted to a scientific journal, the journal editors send it for review to panels of scientists. Peer review is the backbone of contemporary scientific legitimacy and lauded by everyone involved. It is also an opportunity for mischief and misunderstanding. Gary Lynchs history of antagonizing his peers sometimes made peer review more a gauntlet than a critique.

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