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I want that and a stackoverflow for the same. Thanks!

kyro 17y ago
SO for medicine would be super interesting. If done correctly, it could be a really useful resource for physicians/biologists/etc.
CoreDumpling 17y ago
A stackoverflow for medicine could have enormous benefits, but considering how much "blind leading the blind" goes on there I'd be terrified if this is applied to a field with immediate consequences to people's well-being.
- kyro 17y ago
  Yeah, that's definitely the risk, but I'd imagine community feedback + academic/clinical education/training would somewhat mitigate that, although not fully. A good verification system would help too (for physicians), but then it'd feel more like an invite-only community, which could be good or bad - I'm not sure.
  - bh23ha 17y ago
    How about you can sort answers by total vote count OR only by verified account votes?
- tibbon 17y ago
  Agreed. Just looking at Yahoo! answers for any health related questions you can see that most people online don't know what they are talking about (but are more than happy to share) when it comes to health related issues. Somehow the same people manage to stay off of programming sites thankfully and don't just go respond to everything saying, "Its probably a heart attack, get to your doctor!"
biotech 17y ago
A stackoverflow for researchers in biotech/medicine/biology would be extremely useful. In biological research, if someone wants to do an experiment that they are not experienced in, they can review peer-reviewed published materials, but many important details are left out. There are many matters of technique, and many decisions about which protocol/solution/tool/etc to use for the experiment that may not be easily accessible via published sources. In these situations, a well-connected biological researcher would ask a colleague who is experienced in the particular experiment. This is not always so easy though, and much time can be wasted re-discovering a simple issue that many others already knew. In software, this kind of knowledge has been available online for years. In other technology fields, this is not the case. A easy-to-use, well designed forum like stackoverflow for biology research could be a real boon for the field. The only problem I see is getting people to use it.

kyro 17y ago

SO for medicine would be super interesting. If done correctly, it could be a really useful resource for physicians/biologists/etc.

CoreDumpling 17y ago

A stackoverflow for medicine could have enormous benefits, but considering how much "blind leading the blind" goes on there I'd be terrified if this is applied to a field with immediate consequences to people's well-being.

kyro 17y ago
Yeah, that's definitely the risk, but I'd imagine community feedback + academic/clinical education/training would somewhat mitigate that, although not fully. A good verification system would help too (for physicians), but then it'd feel more like an invite-only community, which could be good or bad - I'm not sure.
- bh23ha 17y ago
  How about you can sort answers by total vote count OR only by verified account votes?
tibbon 17y ago
Agreed. Just looking at Yahoo! answers for any health related questions you can see that most people online don't know what they are talking about (but are more than happy to share) when it comes to health related issues. Somehow the same people manage to stay off of programming sites thankfully and don't just go respond to everything saying, "Its probably a heart attack, get to your doctor!"

biotech 17y ago

A stackoverflow for researchers in biotech/medicine/biology would be extremely useful. In biological research, if someone wants to do an experiment that they are not experienced in, they can review peer-reviewed published materials, but many important details are left out. There are many matters of technique, and many decisions about which protocol/solution/tool/etc to use for the experiment that may not be easily accessible via published sources. In these situations, a well-connected biological researcher would ask a colleague who is experienced in the particular experiment. This is not always so easy though, and much time can be wasted re-discovering a simple issue that many others already knew. In software, this kind of knowledge has been available online for years. In other technology fields, this is not the case. A easy-to-use, well designed forum like stackoverflow for biology research could be a real boon for the field. The only problem I see is getting people to use it.