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>“Once we’ve exhausted our exploration of the data, we see no reason not to make them available publicly,” says Kati Lassila-Perini, a CMS physicist who leads t
by jsprogrammer 10y ago
>“Once we’ve exhausted our exploration of the data, we see no reason not to make them available publicly,” says Kati Lassila-Perini, a CMS physicist who leads these data preservation efforts.
Why wait until they've exhausted their efforts?
- noir_lord 10y agoThey might want first crack at any major discoveries, if they miss something then everyone else gets a crack. Seems reasonable to me.
- mineshaftgap 10y agoEspecially if you are Europe.
- jsprogrammer 10y agoPolitics and fame over understanding and progress?
- dukwon 10y ago1. It's only fair that the collaborations get first dibs on producing results out of their blood, sweat and tears. 2. The collaborations don't want to waste time shooting down the large number of false claims that would inevitably happen if the data were made public immediately.