Science versus Academia

[jody]

8. Peer review usually means several "blind referees" read a proposed article and judge whether it

meets subjective standards for the journal and field.

If published, experts in the field will continue to examine the conclusions frequently publishing letters or articles rebutting a paper or hopefully replicating the research and reaching similar conclusions.

Criticism never ends as evidenced recently by scientist who published results questioning Einstein's speed of light limit.

That's different from religion which poses questions that cannot be answered by science but reach a conclusion nevertheless and refuse to reconsider whether that conclusion is valid.