They already had a basic form of this for a while [1]
reply> arXiv requires that users be endorsed before submitting their first paper to arXiv or a new category.
The endorsement system already works along that line: https://info.arxiv.org/help/endorsement.html
replyIt's probably not perfect but in practice, it seems to have been enough to get rid of the worst crackpotty spam.
I've often thought that similar trust systems would work well in social media, web search, etc., but I've never seen it implemented in a meaningful way. I wonder what I'm missing.
replyLobsters has this I think. But it also means I've never posted there.
replyYou mean like endorsement? https://info.arxiv.org/help/endorsement.html
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replyScience reduced to people with a phd?
replynot a bad first order filter.
replycan you think of a better one?
The whole point of the scientific method was that we could ignore the source of the information, and were instead expected to focus on the value of the information based on supporting evidence (data).
replyIf we go back to "Only people that have been inducted into the community can publish science" we're effectively saying that only the high priests can accrue knowledge.
I say this knowing full well that we have a massive problem in science on sorting the wheat from the chaff, have had so for a VERY long time, and AI is flooding the zone (thank you political commentator I despise) with absolute dross.