In theory, peer review leads to improved work. In practice, it too often constitutes peer approval instead of peer review.
Peer approval serves to reinforce groupthink among like-minded academics and intellectuals. Students are enamored with their professors and mentors. They seek to please those who bestow credentials and can advance their careers.
The Interpreter is a notorious example. Hence, this blog. I don't have time to conduct peer reviews of most Interpreter articles, but I've done enough in this blog for readers to see examples of peer approval vs. peer review. Careful readers can spot the unstated assumptions in the work of the citation cartel.
I'll post an awesome example soon. In the meantime, here's an illustration of the process.
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Allan Savory is well-known because of his TED talk on grazing animals.
https://www.ted.com/speakers/allan_savory
His approach is controversial, usually because his critics use the straw man approach of attacking scenarios different from what Savory advocates.
Here, he explains his experience with peer reviews.
h/t https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1588424171142324224
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