I have not been a participant in the Galaxy Zoo
event but have been eager to see the outcome.
And today there is news that a science paper
is on the way with details of an anolmaly in
the rotation of galaxies. But I learned that
pictures were supplied to at least 20 signed up
examiners. It may be they were told this was
going to happen. So I wonder what criteria is
used to accept a result, surely not a simple
majority but unaminous or only one or two
different. Of course the guys who set it up
spent time sorting these questions but I hope
we see the statistics of the experiment itself
as well as the results. It is almost like
having democracy in scientific discovery