Oh 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

Oh 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.