I’ve been looking at some series that are based on peer-reviewed science like “Missing Links” by Gregg Braden, and I’ve been reading that recent studies use peer-reviewed science, but it’s not clear to me what it really is. If someone could ELI5, I would appreciate it.
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Peer-reviewed means one group of researchers did the experiment and recorded all the information about it (why they did the experiment, how they did it, what the results are, and how they interpret the results), and then *another* group of researchers reviewed all that to determine whether or not it was actually done *right*. Like, if a group of doctors did a study about amputating nipples, other doctors or a panel would review that study to decide whether the study followed all the rules for medical studies that were established by the international association of doctor folk.
It makes the study more legitimate/valid. It is the difference between me doing some random crap in my basement and then saying, “Hey look at my findings here, this will change the world!” and a researcher applying the right methods to do an experiment to ensure everything was done right.
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