Re: scientific publishing process (was Re: Cost and access)

On 10/06/2014 11:00 AM, Phillip Lord wrote:
> "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfpschneider@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 10/06/2014 09:32 AM, Phillip Lord wrote:
>>> "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfpschneider@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> Who cares what the authors intend? I mean, they are not reading the
>>>>> paper, are they?
>>>>
>>>> For reviewing, what the authors intend is extremely important.  Having
>>>> different rendering of the paper interfere with the authors' message is
>>>> something that should be avoided at all costs.
>>>
>>> Really? So, for example, you think that a reviewer with impared vision
>>> should, for example, be forced to review a paper using the authors
>>> rendering, regardless of whether they can read it or not?
>>
>> No, but this is not what I was talking about. I was talking about
>> interfering with the authors' message via changes from the rendering
>> that the authors' set up.
>
> It *is* exactly what you are talking about.

Well, maybe I was not being clear, but I thought that I was talking about 
rendering  changes interfering with comprehension of the authors' intent.

peter

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