aves us numbers every single step process allows us driving right direction hope find truth end equation 's example right mean 's lots reasons us one reasons peer review peer review make sure community experts somehow trained probability judgments right agree right alternative theories 're competition plausible ones confounds controlled plausible ones implications derived plausible ones 's whole point peer review perfect 's like democracy 's best system 's best system next rest 's nothing better replace peer review way acknowledging indispensability irremovability plausibility judgments scientific process want away one potential objection 's going could posed point 's good time ever objection think lot vogue purchase today sort pursuit truth correct inference data going fundamentally um constructed socioeconomic agendas political whatever going even relying something like plausibility peer review fundamentally flawed access truth regard 's sort 'm might strawman little n't know 's fine 's fine think 's think 's fair uh mean first point people berman 's work uh berman 's work burman b-e-r-m-a-n work uh uh platonism objects science basically argues science depends inferential generalization wo n't repeat argument depth basic idea take nominalist stance um 'll parts 's epistemological