I was up too late and grumpy, but the peer review process (while necessary) does prevent good papers from being published in a reasonable time frame. And acceptance is closer to random than you might expect.<p>Here&#x27;s a review of the NIPs acceptance process.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.mrtz.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;15&#x2F;the-nips-experiment.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.mrtz.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;15&#x2F;the-nips-experiment.html</a><p>Stuff like arXiv is in theory very good for the actual process of science, but so is having free, accessible journals and those don&#x27;t necessarily exist in every field.