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“Why should they go the extra mile, for free, for every member of the public who demands answers and transparency? Sorry, but it’s too. much. work.“ I understa
by 9wzYQbTYsAIc 8y ago
“Why should they go the extra mile, for free, for every member of the public who demands answers and transparency? Sorry, but it’s too. much. work.“
I understand your exhaustion at the idea, truly, but in an era of publicly funded research, the public does have a right to demand transparency for the same through Congress (in America).
That said, a more reasonable level of transparency, post-facto, ought to be sufficient for for most - emails, data, etc. get requested of members of the Congress, for example. Or for a more representative example, take a look at the explanatory efforts of the Federal Reserve and when they go beyond the plain economic research to also provide detailed public transparency.
- radarsat1 8y agoOh I agree with you that these things should be made available if requested in a serious way. I also think scientific papers should be open access, for similar reasons. I'm not advocating keeping anything secret. And in general if someone takes the time to email me about a question regarding my work, of course I'm going to take the time to give a thorough answer to the best of my ability. But here I was responding primarily to the idea that scientists should report every bit of progress (or non-progress) in real time as it happens, and also to the statement that the scientific paper is an out-dated concept, which I happen to disagree with.
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 8y agoYeah, that idea that you are responding to is the daily reality for a lot of software professionals. Especially if you replace the noun “public” with the noun “management”.