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"I believe in post-publication peer review because it reduces the costs and time wasted in bringing work to community view and because it makes the filtering and quality assurance of that published work continuous and ongoing. But in the current context it offers significant cost savings. A significant proportion of published papers are never cited. To me it follows from this that there is no point in peer reviewing them."
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"[H]ow about another contest? Here it is:
Predict the lowest close of the Dow Jones Industrial Average occurring on or before January 1, 2010. Trading during the day doesn’t count, and it doesn’t matter on which day the minimum occurs. Just the value at the close."
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Mmmmm….. Cheese….
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"Hardy was found to have violated the university’s honor code because he created "Men on a Mission," a beefcake calendar featuring men in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That action was not consistent with the honor code’s requirements that Hardy live "a chaste and virtuous life," according to the letter denying Hardy’s appeal."