peer review

What is peer review and why is it so important to the science community?

You carry out research and write a paper on your methods and findings. The paper is submitted to publishers for peer review. Thats the first problem, the gatekeepers. The publisher selects a couple of "reviewers" to go over your paper. That is the second problem, I was under the mistaken assumption that any number of people can review Once the review is complete, the publisher may or not publish your paper. That is the third problem.

In the strictest sense, the scientific method allows anyone to make a claim as long as it is observable and repeatable. Therefore feedback is built into the scientific method. Making your findings available to the general scientific community so that they can read, question and attempt to replicate your findings.