You may be right. This may be a hilariously bad idea.<p>But if you are right then it is a shame that you are right. What is the goal of science? Shall we say truth? But what are the goals of scientists? You can say that it is truth, but perhaps it is fame&#x2F;prestige&#x2F;success, call it what you will. And what about ever-present human bias? And what about discrimination based on ethnicity or gender. I&#x27;m no bleeding heart, I assure you, but these things are real.<p>Humans have spent most of our evolutionary lives not being scientists. The suggestion to render part of the scientific process anonymous to mitigate the our human failings, though idealistic, is an _admirable_ idea. That this admirable idea may also be a hilariously bad idea is sad really.<p>You know what? It doesn&#x27;t have to be all or nothing. Another commenter here wonders what it would be like if we could flip a switch and make the process of scientific discover both anonymous and wiki-based. But why should it be all or nothing? How about a scientific enclave (or more than one!) that adhered to these principles? Well it turns out that at least in mathematics there are precedents! Bourbaki[0] was the pseudonym of a collective if I&#x27;m not mistaken and nCatLab[1] is a wiki-lab for collaborative revisable work in math, physics, and philosophy.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Nicolas_Bourbaki" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Nicolas_Bourbaki</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ncatlab.org&#x2F;nlab&#x2F;show&#x2F;HomePage" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ncatlab.org&#x2F;nlab&#x2F;show&#x2F;HomePage</a>