I think your reading of what I posted is both pulling things out of the context of what I
actually said and a bad faith reading. Please dont pull things out of context when you’re trying to have a discussion, when you do this, it implies you’re not getting full comprehension of what was
actually said. It’s not a herculean task to keep all points from a couple paragraphs in context. It’s not difficult.
I make it very clear that academic publishing has issues. I state it plain as day, I even literally finish my comment with “And to be very clear…:
> And to be very clear, there are very serious problems in the academic publishing world, no question.
However, changing something without even an understanding of what could go wrong is a very serious mistake. As I said in my comment, this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t seek to change and improve things. But if one can’t even imagine what could go wrong, than this person either hasn’t though much about it, or they clearly do not understand the subject very well.
If something needs to be fixed, don’t fall into amature hour. Take the time to actually understand the subject first. Then start fixing.
Now don’t pull bits and pieces of what I said and separate them, please. It’s only a couple paragraphs, It’s not difficult to hold onto the entire context of a couple of small comment paragraphs.