Originally posted on 08/31/2012:

Quote Originally Posted by mathdotcom View Post
There. So why do you insist on arguing with people who do #1?
Because #1 has very small chance of success. It is so small, similar to the probability of 1 hitting lottery with only 100 people buying ticket, that if it happens it deserves investigation within 2 minutes. If you refuse to be peer reviewed (ie investigated for lottery fraud), then the assumption that you are really good (ie simply lucky in lottery case) can be safely dismissed.