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I agree, and I also think science should be done on something closer to a wiki than a PDF. Unfortunately, there is no switch to flip that can make this happen.
by bloaf 11y ago
I agree, and I also think science should be done on something closer to a wiki than a PDF.
Unfortunately, there is no switch to flip that can make this happen. Making the change would require a cultural shift across a majority of scientific disciplines, and the cultural leaders are the ones who are being accused of benefiting from the status quo.
- micwawa 11y agoOf course, but this is people's lives and careers. If you've spent 60 hours a week for the last 40 years on something you aren't about to hand it over to some randomer on a wiki.
- bloaf 11y agoThat is precisely the cultural shift I am talking about. If you are doing science, the thing you spend 60 hours a week doing should be "trying to understand the world better." Once you have achieved some new understanding, you should want to share that understanding with others. What you're talking about are things like pride and profit, stubbornness and renown. My point was that the current science culture is currently as much about fame and pride as it is about understanding. In order to have any sort of anonymized, wiki-based science, we would need to ask people who have become famous and respected by doing things one way to start over in a new way.